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Jefferson Junior High School reports 2% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Jefferson Junior High School rose to two 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Naperville CUSD 203 saw a chronic truancy rate of one percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 848 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.

Jefferson Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201510.39
201610.410
20171111
20181111
20192113

Jefferson Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016969694
2017969694
2018969694
2019969794

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