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Kennedy Middle School reports 60% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Kennedy Middle School rose to 60 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 84 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Rockford SD 205 saw a chronic truancy rate of 23 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 486 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 84 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Kennedy Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20151879
201615710
201717811
201817911
2019602313

Kennedy Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015909494
2016929494
2017919494
2018869294
2019849194

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