Sangamon Sun

The truancy rate at Pleasant Plains High School fell to two 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 98 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Pleasant Plains CUSD 8 saw a chronic truancy rate of three percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 420 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 98 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	0	0	9
2016	1	0.2	10
2017	17	6	11
2018	15	5	11
2019	2	3	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	93	95	94
2016	90	94	94
2017	93	95	94
2018	94	95	94
2019	98	96	94