Carbondale Reporter

The truancy rate at Thomas Elementary School fell to 33 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 92 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 319 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2015	36	30	9
2016	22	24	10
2017	26	26	11
2018	36	29	11
2019	33	28	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	93	93	94
2016	94	94	94
2017	93	93	94
2018	92	92	94
2019	92	92	94