Mason/Clark Middle School reports 78% truancy rate

The truancy rate at Mason/Clark Middle School fell to 78 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 88 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The East St Louis SD 189 saw a chronic truancy rate of 82 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 748 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 88 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.