Sangamon Sun

The truancy rate at Springfield Ball Charter School fell to two 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 97 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 396 students in the 2019-20 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 95 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2016	0	14	10
2017	24	20	11
2018	5	16	11
2019	3	31	13
2020	2	21	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	96	93	94
2017	96	92	94
2018	95	92	94
2019	96	91	94
2020	97	89	95