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Riverton High School reports 7% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Riverton High School fell to seven 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 92 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Riverton CUSD 14 saw a chronic truancy rate of nine percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 403 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Riverton High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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20164410
20176411
201811511
20197913

Riverton High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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2016929494
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