Sangamon Sun

The truancy rate at Owen Marsh Elementary School fell to seven 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 95 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 21 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 297 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 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	8	14	10
2017	13	20	11
2018	9	16	11
2019	13	31	13
2020	7	21	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	96	93	94
2017	95	92	94
2018	94	92	94
2019	95	91	94
2020	95	89	95