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Pleasant Hill High School reports 11% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Pleasant Hill High School stayed flat at 11 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a West Central Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 92 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Pleasant Hill CUSD 3 saw a chronic truancy rate of 7 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 79 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Pleasant Hill High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
5
5
10
94
95
94
2014
15
9
9
93
95
95
2015
17
10
9
93
94
94
2016
11
6
10
92
94
94
2017
11
7
11
92
94
94

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