Carbondale Reporter

The truancy rate at Murphysboro Middle School rose to 17 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 90 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Murphysboro CUSD 186 saw a chronic truancy rate of 14 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 446 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 90 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	2	8	9
2016	2	7	10
2017	3	9	11
2018	6	9	11
2019	17	14	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	94	93	94
2016	94	94	94
2017	93	93	94
2018	93	92	94
2019	90	92	94