The schools average daily attendance rate was 87 percent.
Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The East St Louis SD 189 saw a chronic truancy rate of 20 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.
The school enrolled 109 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 87 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.
Siu Charter School of East St. Louis chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
51
66
10
88
92
94
2014
39
5
9
91
88
95
2015
38
3
9
88
88
94
2016
3
5
10
90
85
94
2017
1
20
11
87
86
94
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