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Olympia High School reports 6% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Olympia High School rose to six 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 Olympia CUSD 16 saw a chronic truancy rate of three percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 517 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.

Olympia High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015429
20163110
20172111
20184111
20196313

Olympia High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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2016939494
2017929494
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