Sangamon Sun

The truancy rate at Jefferson Middle School fell to 29 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 82 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 575 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 82 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	29	14	10
2017	47	20	11
2018	30	16	11
2019	52	31	13
2020	29	21	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	89	93	94
2017	87	92	94
2018	87	92	94
2019	87	91	94
2020	82	89	95