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Troy Middle School reports 28% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Troy Middle School rose to 28 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Will County Gazette analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Troy CCSD 30c saw a chronic truancy rate of 23 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 1,012 students in the 2019-20 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 95 percent.

Troy Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201611410
201711411
201824911
201911913
2020282310

Troy Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016959594
2017959594
2018959594
2019959594
2020939495

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