The truancy rate at Carbondale Middle School fell to 21 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Carbondale Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.
The school’s average daily attendance rate was 91 percent.
Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Carbondale Esd 95 saw a chronic truancy rate of 28 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.
The school enrolled 385 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 91 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.
Carbondale Middle School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
| Year | School | District | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 20 | 30 | 9 |
| 2016 | 22 | 24 | 10 |
| 2017 | 21 | 26 | 11 |
| 2018 | 22 | 29 | 11 |
| 2019 | 21 | 28 | 13 |
Carbondale Middle School daily attendance rates 5-year trend
| Year | School | District | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 93 | 93 | 94 |
| 2016 | 94 | 94 | 94 |
| 2017 | 93 | 93 | 94 |
| 2018 | 92 | 92 | 94 |
| 2019 | 91 | 92 | 94 |
