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Churchill Junior High School reports 14% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Churchill Junior High School fell to 14 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 495 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.

Churchill Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015459
20166410
2017391411
2018431911
2019141713

Churchill Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959494
2016959494
2017959394
2018949394
2019939394

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