Metro East Sun

The truancy rate at Belleville High School-West fell to seven 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 90 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Belleville Twp HSD 201 saw a chronic truancy rate of eight percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 2,112 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 90 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	5	6	11
2018	5	9	11
2019	12	13	13
2020	7	8	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	93	94	94
2017	93	93	94
2018	93	93	94
2019	86	88	94
2020	90	93	95