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North Wamac Grade School reports 12% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at North Wamac Grade School rose to 12 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a South Central Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The North Wamac SD 186 saw a chronic truancy rate of 12 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 121 students in the 2017-18 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.

North Wamac Grade School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
2
2
9
96
96
95
2015
10
10
9
95
95
94
2016
5
5
10
96
96
94
2017
8
8
11
95
95
94
2018
12
12
11
94
94
94

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