Sangamon Sun

The truancy rate at Pawnee Junior/Senior High School rose to six 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 97 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Pawnee CUSD 11 saw a chronic truancy rate of six percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 255 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 97 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	5	4	9
2016	2	2	10
2017	1	2	11
2018	1	1	11
2019	6	6	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	94	95	94
2016	95	95	94
2017	95	96	94
2018	94	95	94
2019	97	97	94