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Eisenhower Junior High School reports 8% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Eisenhower Junior High School rose to eight 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 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Darien SD 61 saw a chronic truancy rate of seven percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 488 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Eisenhower Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201510.39
20163110
20174111
20185611
20198713

Eisenhower Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969694
2016969694
2017959694
2018969694
2019959594

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