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Friday, April 19, 2024

Columbia Central School reports 17% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Columbia Central School rose to 17 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a Will County Gazette analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Steger SD 194 saw a chronic truancy rate of 13 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 644 students in the 2017-18 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 94 percent.

Columbia Central School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
8
6
9
95
95
95
2015
10
9
9
94
94
94
2016
14
11
10
94
94
94
2017
16
12
11
94
94
94
2018
17
13
11
93
94
94

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