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Sandburg Elementary School reports 12% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Sandburg Elementary School rose to 12 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 95 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 285 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Sandburg Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20158179
201681410
201772011
201841611
2019123113

Sandburg Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959294
2016959394
2017959294
2018959294
2019959194

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