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Fenton High School reports 11% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Fenton High School stayed flat at 11 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 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Fenton CHSD 100 saw a chronic truancy rate of 11 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 1,430 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Fenton High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20163310
20173311
20184411
2019111113
2020111110

Fenton High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016939394
2017949494
2018949494
2019929294
2020939395

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