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Centennial School reports 6% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Centennial School rose to six percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal 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 SD U-46 saw a chronic truancy rate of 20 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 452 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.

Centennial School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015169
20164910
201751211
201851411
201962013

Centennial School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969494
2016969494
2017969394
2018959394
2019979394

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