Metro East Sun

The truancy rate at Mason/Clark Middle School fell to 54 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 723 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	4	5	10
2017	16	20	11
2018	83	84	11
2019	78	82	13
2020	54	51	10

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