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King School reports 18% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at King School rose to 18 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Galesburg Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Galesburg CUSD 205 saw a chronic truancy rate of 17 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 355 students in the 2018-19 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.

King School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015059
20160410
2017101411
201861911
2019181713

King School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959494
2016959494
2017949394
2018949394
2019939394

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