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Lanphier High School reports 28% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Lanphier High School fell to 28 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a Sangamon Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 87 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 16 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 1,199 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 87 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Lanphier High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
19
6
9
89
93
95
2015
27
17
9
88
92
94
2016
27
14
10
89
93
94
2017
30
20
11
89
92
94
2018
28
16
11
87
92
94

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