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Prairie Central Upper Elementary School reports 7% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Prairie Central Upper 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Prairie Central CUSD 8 saw a chronic truancy rate of six percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 267 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.

Prairie Central Upper Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015449
20166310
20175311
20181411
20197613

Prairie Central Upper Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969694
2016979694
2017979694
2018969594
2019969694

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