Rock Island Today

The truancy rate at Rock Island Academy fell to 17 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Rock Island Today analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 87 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Rock Island SD 41 saw a chronic truancy rate of 18 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 452 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 87 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	22	20	10
2017	27	18	11
2018	28	16	11
2019	40	32	13
2020	17	18	10

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