Metro East Sun

The truancy rate at Coolidge Junior High School fell to nine 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 Granite City CUSD 9 saw a chronic truancy rate of 13 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 911 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	14	14	10
2017	23	17	11
2018	28	18	11
2019	16	21	13
2020	9	13	10

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