Carbondale Reporter

The truancy rate at Elverado High School stayed flat at eight percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Carbondale Reporter 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 Elverado CUSD 196 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 105 students in the 2019-20 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 95 percent.

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

Year	School	District	State
2016	94	95	94
2017	93	94	94
2018	94	94	94
2019	93	94	94
2020	94	95	95