The schools average daily attendance rate was 93 percent.
Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Mt Vernon Twp HSD 201 saw a chronic truancy rate of 13 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.
The school enrolled 1,151 students in the 2017-18 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.
Mount Vernon High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
10
10
9
94
94
95
2015
12
12
9
93
93
94
2016
11
11
10
93
93
94
2017
10
10
11
93
93
94
2018
13
13
11
93
93
94
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