The schools average daily attendance rate was 90 percent.
Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Jacksonville SD 117 saw a chronic truancy rate of 15 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.
The school enrolled 986 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 90 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.
Jacksonville High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
12
7
9
90
94
95
2015
13
8
9
91
94
94
2016
50
18
10
93
94
94
2017
19
12
11
91
93
94
2018
22
15
11
90
93
94
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