Carbondale Reporter

The truancy rate at Carbondale Middle School fell to six 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 94 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 13 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 436 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 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	22	24	10
2017	21	26	11
2018	22	29	11
2019	21	28	13
2020	6	13	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	94	94	94
2017	93	93	94
2018	92	92	94
2019	91	92	94
2020	94	94	95