Metro East Sun

The truancy rate at Huffman Elementary School fell to seven 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Cahokia CUSD 187 saw a chronic truancy rate of 29 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 288 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	28	22	10
2017	11	27	11
2018	27	41	11
2019	49	51	13
2020	7	29	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	93	92	94
2017	93	90	94
2018	91	87	94
2019	90	89	94
2020	94	92	95