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Kingston Elementary School reports 5% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Kingston Elementary School rose to five 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 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Genoa Kingston CUSD 424 saw a chronic truancy rate of seven percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 353 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.

Kingston Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015219
20161110
20173111
20181111
20195713

Kingston Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949594
2016969594
2017969694
2018909494
2019959594

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