Metro East Sun

The truancy rate at Elizabeth Morris Elementary School rose to 53 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 89 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 315 students in the 2018-19 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.

Year	School	District	State
2015	26	19	9
2016	16	22	10
2017	31	27	11
2018	52	41	11
2019	53	51	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	90	91	94
2016	90	92	94
2017	89	90	94
2018	88	87	94
2019	89	89	94