Macon Reporter

The truancy rate at Eisenhower High School fell to 28 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Macon Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 92 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Decatur SD 61 saw a chronic truancy rate of 20 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 976 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 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	31	15	10
2017	45	20	11
2018	41	25	11
2019	46	29	13
2020	28	20	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	88	92	94
2017	87	92	94
2018	87	91	94
2019	87	90	94
2020	92	94	95