Mt Carmel Elementary School reports 1% truancy rate

Education Daily Wire Oct 19, 2021

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The truancy rate at Mt Carmel Elementary School fell to one percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Education Daily Wire analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 97 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Wabash CUSD 348 saw a chronic truancy rate of eight percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 408 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 97 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Mt Carmel Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

Year	School	District	State
2016	0	9	10
2017	1	5	11
2018	2	3	11
2019	2	14	13
2020	1	8	10

Mt Carmel Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

Year	School	District	State
2016	95	95	94
2017	95	95	94
2018	94	95	94
2019	95	95	94
2020	97	96	95

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