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Reed-Custer High School reports 9% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Reed-Custer High School rose to nine percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Will County Gazette 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 Reed Custer CUSD 255u saw a chronic truancy rate of four percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 473 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.

Reed-Custer High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015319
20164210
20174211
20184211
20199413

Reed-Custer High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016969594
2017969694
2018969694
2019969694

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