Sangamon Sun

The truancy rate at Hartsburg-Emden Junior-Senior High School rose to 40 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Sangamon Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Hartsburg Emden CUSD 21 saw a chronic truancy rate of 33 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 119 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2016	7	6	10
2017	15	17	11
2018	6	8	11
2019	3	4	13
2020	40	33	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	95	95	94
2017	95	95	94
2018	95	95	94
2019	94	94	94
2020	93	95	95