Carbondale Reporter

The truancy rate at Gen John A Logan Attendance Center fell to four 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 95 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 seven percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 399 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 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	7	7	10
2017	18	9	11
2018	15	9	11
2019	14	14	13
2020	4	7	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	95	94	94
2017	93	93	94
2018	94	92	94
2019	94	92	94
2020	95	94	95