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Ralston Elementary School reports 9% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Ralston Elementary School rose to nine percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Rockford Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Harlem Ud 122 saw a chronic truancy rate of 23 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 337 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Ralston Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015169
20161610
20174811
20183711
201992313

Ralston Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959494
2016969494
2017969394
2018959394
2019969394

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