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Jefferson Middle School reports 11% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Jefferson Middle School fell to 11 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Kane County Reporter 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 Aurora West USD 129 saw a chronic truancy rate of 11 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 715 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.

Jefferson Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201521119
2016231110
2017281411
2018181311
2019111113

Jefferson Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015939494
2016939494
2017939494
2018949494
2019959594

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