Metro East Sun

The truancy rate at Eastwood Elementary School rose to 20 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 92 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The East Alton SD 13 saw a chronic truancy rate of 19 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 441 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 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	1	2	9
2016	1	2	10
2017	1	2	11
2018	6	7	11
2019	20	19	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	93	93	94
2016	94	93	94
2017	91	92	94
2018	91	91	94
2019	92	92	94