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Midwest Central High School reports 9% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Midwest Central High School rose to nine 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 Midwest Central CUSD 191 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 319 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.

Midwest Central High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015229
20161210
20173311
20185311
20199513

Midwest Central High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949494
2016959594
2017949494
2018949494
2019949494

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