The schools average daily attendance rate was 89 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 270 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 89 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.
William Harris Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
18
10
9
93
93
95
2015
9
10
9
91
92
94
2016
20
15
10
92
92
94
2017
19
20
11
91
92
94
2018
30
25
11
89
91
94
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