Quantcast

Metro East Sun

Saturday, November 23, 2024

Huffman Elementary School reports 11% truancy rate

Highschool07

The truancy rate at Huffman Elementary School fell to 11 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Metro East Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Cahokia CUSD 187 saw a chronic truancy rate of 27 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 311 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 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
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
9
27
10
93
91
94
2014
24
24
9
92
91
95
2015
6
19
9
93
91
94
2016
28
22
10
93
92
94
2017
11
27
11
93
90
94

ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY

!RECEIVE ALERTS

The next time we write about any of these orgs, we’ll email you a link to the story. You may edit your settings or unsubscribe at any time.
Sign-up

DONATE

Help support the Metric Media Foundation's mission to restore community based news.
Donate

MORE NEWS