The schools average daily attendance rate was 91 percent.
Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Decatur SD 61 saw a chronic truancy rate of 25 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.
The school enrolled 369 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 91 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.
Durfee Magnet Elementary chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
7
10
9
94
93
95
2015
8
10
9
91
92
94
2016
19
15
10
91
92
94
2017
32
20
11
91
92
94
2018
31
25
11
91
91
94
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