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Normal Community High School reports 17% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Normal Community High School rose to 17 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 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 2,114 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.

Normal Community High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015119
20164110
20173211
201816811
2019171113

Normal Community High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949594
2016959594
2017949494
2018939494
2019939494

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