The truancy rate at Mount Vernon High School rose to 18 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a North Egypt 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 Mt Vernon Twp HSD 201 saw a chronic truancy rate of 18 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.
The school enrolled 1,156 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.
Mount Vernon High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
| Year | School | District | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12 | 12 | 9 |
| 2016 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| 2018 | 13 | 13 | 11 |
| 2019 | 18 | 18 | 13 |
Mount Vernon High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend
| Year | School | District | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 93 | 93 | 94 |
| 2016 | 93 | 93 | 94 |
| 2017 | 93 | 93 | 94 |
| 2018 | 93 | 93 | 94 |
| 2019 | 93 | 93 | 94 |
