Rock Island Today

The truancy rate at Northside Elementary School fell to 0 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 98 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Geneseo CUSD 228 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 338 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 98 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	0	0.1	10
2017	0	0.3	11
2018	1	1	11
2019	2	3	13
2020	0	2	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	97	96	94
2017	96	96	94
2018	96	96	94
2019	97	96	94
2020	98	97	95