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Altamont Grade School reports 1% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Altamont Grade School fell to one 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 97 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 418 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 97 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Altamont Grade School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201521159
20162310
20172311
20183311
20191513

Altamont Grade School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969594
2016969594
2017969594
2018969694
2019979694

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