Quantcast

Metro East Sun

Thursday, October 2, 2025

Madison Senior High School reports 10% truancy rate

Highschool151

The truancy rate at Madison Senior High School rose to 10 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 89 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Madison CUSD 12 saw a chronic truancy rate of 4 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 170 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 89 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Madison Senior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
14
7
10
90
92
94
2014
10
7
9
88
92
95
2015
4
5
9
90
92
94
2016
4
4
10
87
92
94
2017
10
4
11
89
92
94

MORE NEWS