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Central Elementary School reports 11% truancy rate

Education Daily Wire Sep 6, 2021

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The truancy rate at Central Elementary School rose to 11 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Education Daily Wire 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 Lewistown CUSD 97 saw a chronic truancy rate of 11 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 367 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.

Central Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201510.49
20161210
2017171711
20185511
2019111113

Central Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949594
2016959594
2017959494
2018959494
2019969594

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