West Central Reporter

The truancy rate at Hamilton Junior/Senior High School fell to 11 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 Hamilton CCSD 328 saw a chronic truancy rate of five percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 242 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	0	2	9
2016	1	3	10
2017	1	2	11
2018	19	10	11
2019	11	5	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	94	95	94
2016	94	95	94
2017	94	95	94
2018	93	95	94
2019	93	94	94