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Petersburg Elementary School reports 3% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Petersburg Elementary School rose 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 97 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Porta CUSD 202 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 355 students in the 2019-20 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 95 percent.

Petersburg Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20160110
20171311
20181311
20191313
20203210

Petersburg Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016959594
2017959494
2018959594
2019959594
2020979695

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