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Watseka Community High School reports 8% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Watseka Community High School rose to eight 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 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Iroquois County CUSD 9 saw a chronic truancy rate of six percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 338 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.

Watseka Community High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20151379
20167510
20179611
20185411
20198613

Watseka Community High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015929494
2016949594
2017949594
2018959594
2019939494

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