Rock Island Today

The truancy rate at Kewanee High School fell to 21 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 92 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Kewanee CUSD 229 saw a chronic truancy rate of 11 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 552 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 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	21	15	10
2017	20	11	11
2018	31	15	11
2019	34	21	13
2020	21	11	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	92	94	94
2017	92	93	94
2018	89	93	94
2019	86	91	94
2020	92	95	95