Rock Island Today

The truancy rate at Longfellow Elementary School fell to 19 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 89 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 258 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 89 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	24	20	10
2017	25	18	11
2018	9	16	11
2019	33	32	13
2020	19	18	10

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