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Fieldcrest High School reports 16% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Fieldcrest High 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Fieldcrest CUSD 6 saw a chronic truancy rate of nine percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 326 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.

Fieldcrest High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20151049
201612610
201714911
20188511
201916913

Fieldcrest High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939494
2016929494
2017939494
2018949594
2019949494

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