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Washington School reports 0% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Washington School stayed flat at 0 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Macon Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Monticello CUSD 25 saw a chronic truancy rate of one percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 235 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Washington School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201500.19
201610.110
201710.311
201800.411
20190113

Washington School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969594
2016969594
2017969594
2018959594
2019969594

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