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Kingsley Junior High School reports 5% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Kingsley Junior High School rose to five 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 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 838 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.

Kingsley Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20150.419
20161110
20173211
20184811
201951113

Kingsley Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016969594
2017959494
2018999494
2019949494

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