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Quincy Junior High School reports 15% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Quincy Junior High School stayed flat at 15 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 93 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 1,400 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

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

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