Metro East Sun

The truancy rate at Siu Charter School Of East St Louis fell to 46 percent during the 2019-20 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 St Louis SD 189 saw a chronic truancy rate of 51 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 120 students in the 2019-20 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 95 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2016	3	5	10
2017	1	20	11
2018	77	84	11
2019	70	82	13
2020	46	51	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	90	85	94
2017	87	86	94
2018	85	85	94
2019	88	86	94
2020	92	89	95