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Charleston Middle School reports 10% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Charleston Middle 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 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Charleston CUSD 1 saw a chronic truancy rate of 11 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 380 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.

Charleston Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015479
20164710
20176811
201851011
2019101113

Charleston Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959494
2016949494
2017949394
2018939294
2019939394

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