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South Beloit Junior High School reports 38% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at South Beloit Junior High School rose to 38 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Rockford Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The County Of Winnebago SD 320 saw a chronic truancy rate of 18 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 155 students in the 2016-17 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.

South Beloit Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
19
8
10
94
94
94
2014
12
7
9
94
95
95
2015
15
8
9
92
94
94
2016
13
9
10
95
94
94
2017
38
18
11
95
95
94

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