Metro East Sun

The truancy rate at Madison Senior High School fell to 49 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Metro East Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 84 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Madison CUSD 12 saw a chronic truancy rate of 52 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 132 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 84 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	4	4	10
2017	10	4	11
2018	17	6	11
2019	100	84	13
2020	49	52	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	87	92	94
2017	89	92	94
2018	85	90	94
2019	75	86	94
2020	84	90	95