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Richland Junior High reports 23% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Richland Junior High rose to 23 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Will County Gazette analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Richland Gsd 88a saw a chronic truancy rate of 26 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 418 students in the 2016-17 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.

Richland Junior High chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
6
6
10
96
96
94
2014
6
6
9
96
96
95
2015
13
12
9
96
96
94
2016
12
21
10
96
96
94
2017
23
26
11
96
96
94

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