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Fairview Elementary School reports 19% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Fairview Elementary School rose to 19 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Springfield SD 186 saw a chronic truancy rate of 31 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 264 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Fairview Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201524179
2016111410
2017122011
201881611
2019193113

Fairview Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939294
2016949394
2017949294
2018949294
2019949194

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