West Central Reporter

The truancy rate at Meredosia-Chambersburg Junior High stayed flat at 14 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a West Central Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Meredosia-Chambersburg CUSD 11 saw a chronic truancy rate of eight percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 38 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2015	8	10	9
2016	10	11	10
2017	11	7	11
2018	14	12	11
2019	14	8	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	93	92	94
2016	94	94	94
2017	93	93	94
2018	93	93	94
2019	93	93	94