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Meredosia-Chambersburg Junior High reports 14% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Meredosia-Chambersburg Junior High rose to 14 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a West Central Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Meredosia-Chambersburg CUSD 11 saw a chronic truancy rate of 12 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 36 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Meredosia-Chambersburg Junior High chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
9
10
9
93
94
95
2015
8
10
9
93
92
94
2016
10
11
10
94
94
94
2017
11
7
11
93
93
94
2018
14
12
11
93
93
94

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