Sangamon Sun

The truancy rate at Lincoln Comm High School fell to 11 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Lincoln CHSD 404 saw a chronic truancy rate of 11 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 811 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 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	4	4	10
2017	11	11	11
2018	13	13	11
2019	18	18	13
2020	11	11	10

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