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Waterloo Junior High School reports 2% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Waterloo Junior High School stayed flat at two 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 Waterloo CUSD 5 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 632 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.

Waterloo Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015129
20161210
20171511
20182611
20192213

Waterloo Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016969694
2017969594
2018969694
2019969694

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