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Enos Elementary School reports 16% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Enos Elementary School rose to 16 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Sangamon Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 92 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Springfield SD 186 saw a chronic truancy rate of 20 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 344 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Enos Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
0.0
3
10
93
93
94
2014
6
6
9
93
93
95
2015
18
17
9
93
92
94
2016
15
14
10
94
93
94
2017
16
20
11
92
92
94

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