West Central Reporter

The truancy rate at Pleasant Hill High School fell to 24 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 90 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Pleasant Hill CUSD 3 saw a chronic truancy rate of nine percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 74 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 90 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	17	10	9
2016	11	6	10
2017	11	7	11
2018	28	12	11
2019	24	9	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	93	94	94
2016	92	94	94
2017	92	94	94
2018	91	94	94
2019	90	94	94