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Bent Elementary School reports 7% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Bent Elementary School rose to seven 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 95 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 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Bent Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015489
20164910
20174811
20184811
201971813

Bent Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959394
2016959394
2017959394
2018959394
2019959294

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