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Americana Intermediate School reports 6% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Americana Intermediate School rose to six percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal 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 Queen Bee SD 16 saw a chronic truancy rate of six percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 383 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.

Americana Intermediate School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20160010
201700.311
20184211
20193313
20206610

Americana Intermediate School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016969594
2017969594
2018969594
2019959594
2020969595

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