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VIT Senior High School reports 17% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at VIT Senior High School rose to 17 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 V I T CUSD 2 saw a chronic truancy rate of 12 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 95 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.

VIT Senior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015429
20168610
20174611
20185711
2019171213

VIT Senior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015929494
2016939594
2017939394
2018909394
2019939494

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