Metro East Sun

The truancy rate at Alton High School fell to 15 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Alton CUSD 11 saw a chronic truancy rate of 12 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 2,020 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 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	17	12	10
2017	20	15	11
2018	20	17	11
2019	26	22	13
2020	15	12	10

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