The truancy rate at Elverado Primary School rose to 11 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 93 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 10 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.
The school enrolled 114 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.
Elverado Primary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
| Year | School | District | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 2016 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 2017 | 9 | 3 | 11 |
| 2018 | 7 | 8 | 11 |
| 2019 | 11 | 10 | 13 |
Elverado Primary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend
| Year | School | District | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 95 | 94 | 94 |
| 2016 | 95 | 95 | 94 |
| 2017 | 94 | 94 | 94 |
| 2018 | 94 | 94 | 94 |
| 2019 | 93 | 94 | 94 |
