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Altamont High School reports 10% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Altamont High School rose to 10 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Altamont CUSD 10 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 224 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Altamont High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20154159
20164310
20173311
20183311
201910513

Altamont High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949594
2016949594
2017949594
2018969694
2019949694

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