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VIT Elementary School reports 12% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at VIT Elementary School rose to 12 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 94 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 183 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.

VIT Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015129
20166610
20176611
20189711
2019121213

VIT Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959494
2016959594
2017949394
2018959394
2019949494

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