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Castro Valley Schools' Truancy Rate Below The State Average
Stanton Elementary has the highest rate at 37 percent. What should educators do to tackle this issue?
About a fifth of Castro Valley public school students were reported as truant at least once during the past school year, according to information released by the state superintendent's office.
The district's rate is below both the state average and the county average.
Truancy is defined as any student who misses 30 minutes or more of class time without a valid excuse at least three times in one school year.
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Stanton Elementary had the highest rate with 37 percent. It was followed by Castro Valley High at 34 percent.
The middle schools ranged from a high of 18 percent at Canyon to a low of 1 percent at Creekside.
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At the elementary schools, the range was from a high of 20 percent at Marshall to a low of 5 percent at Jensen Ranch.
Below is a table from data gleaned from the state superintendent's website. You can view data on suspensions, expulsions and truancy for each individual school by clicking here.
School Cumulative Enrollment Truants Truancy Rate Alma Preschool 3 0 0 Canyon Middle 1431 266 18.6 Castro Valley Elementary 475 47 9.9 Castro Valley High 3005 1044 34.7 Chabot Elementary 455 58 12.7 Creekside Middle 799 9 1.1 Independent Elementary 615 55 8.9 Jensen Ranch Elementary 422 22 5.2 Marshall Elementary 437 91 20.8 Palomares Elementary 151 8 5.3 Proctor Elementary 532 62 11.7 Redwood Continuation High 226 12 5.3 Roy A. Johnson High 14 0 0 Stanton Elementary 461 174 37.7 Vannoy Elementary 397 41 10.3 Castro Valley Unified 9339 1889 20.2 Alameda County Total 33.9 California Total 28.5
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