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Thursday, April 25, 2024

Quincy Senior High School reports 21% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Quincy Senior High School rose to 21 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a Quincy Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 90 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Quincy SD 172 saw a chronic truancy rate of 14 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 1,753 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 90 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Quincy Senior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
15
9
9
92
94
95
2015
14
10
9
92
93
94
2016
15
11
10
91
93
94
2017
13
12
11
90
93
94
2018
21
14
11
90
93
94

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