Metro East Sun

The truancy rate at Prather Elementary School rose to 73 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Granite City CUSD 9 saw a chronic truancy rate of 21 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 649 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 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	15	12	9
2016	14	14	10
2017	18	17	11
2018	21	18	11
2019	73	21	13

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