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Riverton Middle School reports 12% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Riverton Middle 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 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 423 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.

Riverton Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015339
20167410
20174411
20183511
201912913

Riverton Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949494
2016959494
2017959494
2018949494
2019959494

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