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Bonfield Grade School reports 3% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Bonfield Grade School rose to three percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Kankakee Times 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 Herscher CUSD 2 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 296 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.

Bonfield Grade School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015219
201610.210
201710.311
20181111
20193213

Bonfield Grade School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959594
2016959594
2017959594
2018959594
2019959594

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