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Somonauk Middle School reports 1% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Somonauk Middle School rose to one percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a DeKalb Times 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 Somonauk CUSD 432 saw a chronic truancy rate of one percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 246 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.

Somonauk Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015229
20161210
20171211
20180.4311
20191113

Somonauk Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015979694
2016979694
2017979794
2018979694
2019969694

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