Metro East Sun

The truancy rate at Roxana Junior High School rose to 17 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Roxana CUSD 1 saw a chronic truancy rate of 11 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 420 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2015	9	10	9
2016	10	10	10
2017	10	9	11
2018	15	10	11
2019	17	11	13

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