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Central Elementary School reports 8% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Central Elementary School rose to eight 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Pontiac CCSD 429 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 347 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Central Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20150.429
20161310
20170.4211
20184411
20198513

Central Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949494
2016949494
2017949594
2018949494
2019949494

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