Metro East Sun

The truancy rate at Elizabeth Morris Elementary School fell to 31 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 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 290 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	16	22	10
2017	31	27	11
2018	52	41	11
2019	53	51	13
2020	31	29	10

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