The truancy rate at Sherrard Junior High School fell to one 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 97 percent.
Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Sherrard CUSD 200 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.
The school enrolled 239 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.
Sherrard Junior High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
| Year | School | District | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
Sherrard Junior High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend
| Year | School | District | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 96 | 96 | 94 |
| 2017 | 95 | 93 | 94 |
| 2018 | 96 | 96 | 94 |
| 2019 | 96 | 95 | 94 |
| 2020 | 97 | 97 | 95 |
