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Benton Grade School K-4 reports 7% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Benton Grade School K-4 rose to seven 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 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Benton CCSD 47 saw a chronic truancy rate of 10 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 658 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.

Benton Grade School K-4 chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015799
2016121310
201771111
20186911
201971013

Benton Grade School K-4 daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959494
2016959594
2017949494
2018949494
2019959494

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