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Du Quoin High School reports 5% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Du Quoin High School fell to five percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a SW Illinois News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 95 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 three percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 550 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Du Quoin High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20164510
20176611
201812911
201910913
20205310

Du Quoin High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016939594
2017929494
2018929494
2019929494
2020959695

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