Sangamon Sun

The truancy rate at Springfield Learning Academy rose to 100 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 65 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 129 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 65 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	42	17	9
2016	44	14	10
2017	74	20	11
2018	71	16	11
2019	100	31	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	74	92	94
2016	71	93	94
2017	70	92	94
2018	67	92	94
2019	65	91	94