Metro East Sun

The truancy rate at Grantfork Upper Elementary School stayed flat at 0 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Metro East Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 97 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Highland CUSD 5 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 53 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 97 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	2	9
2016	0	2	10
2017	0	4	11
2018	0	1	11
2019	0	2	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	97	96	94
2016	97	96	94
2017	96	96	94
2018	97	96	94
2019	97	95	94