Kane County Reporter

The truancy rate at Benavides STEAM Academy fell to four percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Kane County Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 97 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Aurora East USD 131 saw a chronic truancy rate of 15 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 386 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 97 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	25	15	10
2017	43	19	11
2018	18	18	11
2019	13	30	13
2020	4	15	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	92	90	94
2017	90	90	94
2018	93	91	94
2019	95	91	94
2020	97	95	95