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Athens Senior High School reports 3% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Athens Senior High School fell to three 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 Athens CUSD 213 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 321 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.

Athens Senior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015439
20164210
20174311
20184311
20193213

Athens Senior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015919594
2016939594
2017939594
2018939594
2019949594

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