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Du Quoin Elementary School reports 7% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Du Quoin Elementary School rose to seven 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Du Quoin CUSD 300 saw a chronic truancy rate of nine percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 486 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Du Quoin Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015469
20166510
20175611
20186911
20197913

Du Quoin Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969594
2016969594
2017959494
2018959494
2019969494

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