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Calhoun Elementary/ Junior High School reports 10% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Calhoun Elementary/ Junior High School rose to 10 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 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Calhoun CUSD 40 saw a chronic truancy rate of 11 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 354 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Calhoun Elementary/ Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015339
20163310
20173411
20183511
2019101113

Calhoun Elementary/ Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969694
2016969694
2017959694
2018959694
2019959694

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