Casey-Westfield Junior/Senior High School reports 2% truancy rate

Casey-Westfield Junior/Senior High School reports 2% truancy rate
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The truancy rate at Casey-Westfield Junior/Senior High School fell to two percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a East Central 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 Casey-Westfield CUSD 4c saw a chronic truancy rate of one percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 374 students in the 2019-20 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 95 percent.

Casey-Westfield Junior/Senior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year School District State
2016 0.4 1 10
2017 1 1 11
2018 1 1 11
2019 8 5 13
2020 2 1 10
Casey-Westfield Junior/Senior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend
Year School District State
2016 94 95 94
2017 94 95 94
2018 94 95 94
2019 94 95 94
2020 96 96 95


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