Jefferson Middle School reports 29% truancy rate

The truancy rate at Jefferson Middle School fell to 29 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 82 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 21 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 575 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 82 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.