Edna Rollins Elementary School reports 25% truancy rate

The truancy rate at Edna Rollins Elementary School rose to 25 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Aurora East USD 131 saw a chronic truancy rate of 30 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 443 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.