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Palestine High School reports 7% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Palestine High School rose to seven percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a East Central Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Palestine CUSD 3 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 85 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Palestine High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015339
20163310
201710.311
20184111
20197213

Palestine High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939594
2016949594
2017939494
2018949594
2019939594

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