The schools average daily attendance rate was 70 percent.
Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Springfield SD 186 saw a chronic truancy rate of 20 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.
The school enrolled 85 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 70 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.
Springfield Learning Academy chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
50
3
10
75
93
94
2014
19
6
9
70
93
95
2015
42
17
9
74
92
94
2016
44
14
10
71
93
94
2017
74
20
11
70
92
94
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