The truancy rate at Huffman Elementary School rose to 49 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 90 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 51 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.
The school enrolled 300 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 90 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.
Huffman Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
| Year | School | District | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | 19 | 9 |
| 2016 | 28 | 22 | 10 |
| 2017 | 11 | 27 | 11 |
| 2018 | 27 | 41 | 11 |
| 2019 | 49 | 51 | 13 |
Huffman Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend
| Year | School | District | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 93 | 91 | 94 |
| 2016 | 93 | 92 | 94 |
| 2017 | 93 | 90 | 94 |
| 2018 | 91 | 87 | 94 |
| 2019 | 90 | 89 | 94 |
