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Irving Elementary School reports 16% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Irving Elementary School rose to 16 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a McLean County Times analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Bloomington SD 87 saw a chronic truancy rate of 18 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 360 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Irving Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015989
20166910
20178811
201811811
2019161813

Irving Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959394
2016959394
2017949394
2018949394
2019939294

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