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Sparta Lincoln School reports 6% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Sparta Lincoln School fell to six 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 96 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 10 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 712 students in the 2019-20 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 95 percent.

Sparta Lincoln School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20166610
20173611
201831011
2019121613
202061010

Sparta Lincoln School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016949394
2017939394
2018949494
2019949394
2020969595

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