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Farmingdale Elementary School reports 8% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Farmingdale Elementary School rose to eight 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 97 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Pleasant Plains CUSD 8 saw a chronic truancy rate of three percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 477 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 97 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Farmingdale Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015009
201600.210
20170611
20180511
20198313

Farmingdale Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969594
2016979494
2017969594
2018969594
2019979694

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