Metro East Sun

The truancy rate at Oliver Parks 6th Grade School fell to 33 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 93 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 29 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 262 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 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	10	22	10
2017	26	27	11
2018	37	41	11
2019	51	51	13
2020	33	29	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	91	92	94
2017	92	90	94
2018	90	87	94
2019	90	89	94
2020	93	92	95