Southern Illinois News

The truancy rate at Cairo Junior/Senior High School fell to 22 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Southern Illinois News 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 Cairo USD 1 saw a chronic truancy rate of 19 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 136 students in the 2019-20 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 95 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2016	71	60	10
2017	41	31	11
2018	47	44	11
2019	43	42	13
2020	22	19	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	89	92	94
2017	89	92	94
2018	90	91	94
2019	90	92	94
2020	93	94	95