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Barrington Middle School - Prairie Campus reports 4% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Barrington Middle School - Prairie Campus rose to four percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Lake County Gazette analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 97 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Barrington CUSD 220 saw a chronic truancy rate of three percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 1,012 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 97 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Barrington Middle School - Prairie Campus chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015119
20161110
20172111
20181111
20194313

Barrington Middle School - Prairie Campus daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959394
2016969594
2017959594
2018969594
2019979794

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