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Washington Middle School reports 62% truancy rate

Education Daily Wire Nov 18, 2021

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The truancy rate at Washington Middle School rose to 62 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 87 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Springfield SD 186 saw a chronic truancy rate of 31 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 638 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 87 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Washington Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201537179
2016331410
2017512011
2018371611
2019623113

Washington Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015899294
2016899394
2017879294
2018869294
2019879194

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