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Mount Pulaski Elementary School reports 14% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Mount Pulaski Elementary School rose to 14 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Mt Pulaski CUSD 23 saw a chronic truancy rate of 13 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 356 students in the 2017-18 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.

Mount Pulaski Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
4
7
9
95
94
95
2015
14
11
9
95
94
94
2016
2
3
10
96
95
94
2017
10
9
11
93
93
94
2018
14
13
11
96
95
94

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