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Manual Academy reports 82% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Manual Academy rose to 82 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 78 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Peoria SD 150 saw a chronic truancy rate of 42 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 824 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 78 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Manual Academy chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201534189
2016422210
2017652911
2018733311
2019824213

Manual Academy daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015849294
2016839294
2017859294
2018809294
2019789194

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