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Zeigler-Royalton Junior High School reports 26% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Zeigler-Royalton Junior High School rose to 26 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a North Egypt News 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 Zeigler-Royalton CUSD 188 saw a chronic truancy rate of 21 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 118 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.

Zeigler-Royalton Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

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Zeigler-Royalton Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

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