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Central High School reports 6% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Central High School stayed flat at six percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Quincy Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Central CUSD 3 saw a chronic truancy rate of three percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 237 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Central High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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201611510
20177311
20186311
20196313

Central High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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2016939494
2017949594
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2019959594

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