Sangamon Sun

The truancy rate at Springfield Ball Charter School fell to three 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 96 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 397 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 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	7	17	9
2016	0	14	10
2017	24	20	11
2018	5	16	11
2019	3	31	13

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