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Chester Elementary School reports 10% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Chester Elementary School rose to 10 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a SW Illinois News 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 Chester CUSD 139 saw a chronic truancy rate of 10 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 660 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.

Chester Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015679
20163510
20174711
20183611
2019101013

Chester Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016959594
2017959494
2018959594
2019949494

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