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Olympia South Elementary School reports 3% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Olympia South Elementary School fell to three percent during the 2019-20 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 Olympia CUSD 16 saw a chronic truancy rate of three percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 325 students in the 2019-20 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 95 percent.

Olympia South Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20160.3110
20170.3111
20180.4111
20194313
20203310

Olympia South Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016959494
2017959494
2018959494
2019959494
2020969595

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