Kane County Reporter

The truancy rate at Huff Elementary School fell to 20 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Kane County Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The SD U-46 saw a chronic truancy rate of 20 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 595 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 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	10	6	9
2016	13	9	10
2017	21	12	11
2018	21	14	11
2019	20	20	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	96	94	94
2016	96	94	94
2017	94	93	94
2018	94	93	94
2019	95	93	94