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Sparta Lincoln School reports 12% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Sparta Lincoln School rose to 12 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 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 760 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.

Sparta Lincoln School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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20166610
20173611
201831011
2019121613

Sparta Lincoln School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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