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Riverton Elementary School reports 8% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Riverton Elementary School rose to eight percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Sangamon Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Riverton CUSD 14 saw a chronic truancy rate of nine percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 579 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Riverton Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015339
20162410
20173411
20183511
20198913

Riverton Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969494
2016969494
2017959494
2018969494
2019969494

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