Rock Island Today

The truancy rate at Eugene Field Elementary School fell to five 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 94 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 401 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	6	20	10
2017	5	18	11
2018	11	16	11
2019	7	32	13
2020	5	18	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	95	93	94
2017	96	93	94
2018	95	93	94
2019	95	91	94
2020	94	91	95