Metro East Sun

The truancy rate at Estelle Sauget School of Choice fell to four 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 95 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 270 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 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	7	27	11
2018	19	41	11
2019	19	51	13
2020	4	29	10

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