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Pittsfield South Elementary School reports 2% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Pittsfield South Elementary School stayed flat at two percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a West Central Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Pikeland CUSD 10 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 341 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Pittsfield South Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201521149
20163410
20171411
20182311
20192513

Pittsfield South Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959494
2016969594
2017959594
2018959594
2019969594

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