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Chatham Elementary School reports 2% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Chatham Elementary School stayed flat at two 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Ball Chatham CUSD 5 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 588 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Chatham Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015119
20162210
20171211
20182411
20192513

Chatham Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969594
2016969594
2017969594
2018969594
2019969594

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