McLean County Times

The truancy rate at Eugene Field School stayed flat at 14 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a McLean County Times analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 87 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The McLean County USD 5 saw a chronic truancy rate of seven percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 51 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 87 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
2017	22	2	11
2018	9	8	11
2019	14	11	13
2020	14	7	10

Year	School	District	State
2017	75	94	94
2018	87	94	94
2019	83	94	94
2020	87	95	95