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Eugene Field School reports 14% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Eugene Field School rose to 14 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 83 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The McLean County USD 5 saw a chronic truancy rate of 11 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 56 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 83 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Eugene Field School chronic truancy rates 3-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201722211
20189811
2019141113

Eugene Field School daily attendance rates 3-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2017759494
2018879494
2019839494

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