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South Pekin Elementary School reports 16% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at South Pekin Elementary School rose to 16 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Peoria Standard 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 South Pekin SD 137 saw a chronic truancy rate of 16 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 212 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.

South Pekin Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015339
20163310
20171111
20181111
2019161613

South Pekin Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969694
2016959594
2017939394
2018939394
2019939394

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