The schools average daily attendance rate was 92 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 323 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.
Parsons Accelerated School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
9
10
9
94
93
95
2015
10
10
9
94
92
94
2016
14
15
10
94
92
94
2017
18
20
11
94
92
94
2018
19
25
11
92
91
94
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