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Sparta High School reports 28% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Sparta High School rose to 28 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 91 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Sparta CUSD 140 saw a chronic truancy rate of 16 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 332 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 91 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Sparta High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20151189
201610610
201716611
2018171011
2019281613

Sparta High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015919394
2016909394
2017919394
2018929494
2019919394

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