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Benton Cons High School reports 9% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Benton Cons High School rose to nine 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Benton Cons HSD 103 saw a chronic truancy rate of nine percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 561 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Benton Cons High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015779
20162210
20177711
20188811
20199913

Benton Cons High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015919194
2016929294
2017919194
2018929294
2019949494

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