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Stevenson Accelerated School reports 29% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Stevenson Accelerated School rose to 29 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 90 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Decatur SD 61 saw a chronic truancy rate of 29 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 256 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 90 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

YearSchoolDistrictState
20151109
201691510
2017132011
2018182511
2019292913

Stevenson Accelerated School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939294
2016939294
2017929294
2018929194
2019909094

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