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Monday, December 23, 2024

Stevenson Accelerated School reports 18% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Stevenson Accelerated School rose to 18 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a Macon Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

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 265 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.

Stevenson Accelerated School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
5
10
9
94
93
95
2015
1
10
9
93
92
94
2016
9
15
10
93
92
94
2017
13
20
11
92
92
94
2018
18
25
11
92
91
94

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