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Astoria High School reports 14% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Astoria High School fell to 14 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Peoria Standard analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 92 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Astoria CUSD 1 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 99 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Astoria High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20163110
20172111
20180.1111
2019221113
202014510

Astoria High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016929494
2017919394
2018929394
2019919394
2020929495

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