Sangamon Sun

The truancy rate at Owen Marsh Elementary School rose to 13 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Sangamon 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 Springfield SD 186 saw a chronic truancy rate of 31 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 295 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2015	10	17	9
2016	8	14	10
2017	13	20	11
2018	9	16	11
2019	13	31	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	95	92	94
2016	96	93	94
2017	95	92	94
2018	94	92	94
2019	95	91	94