Kane County Reporter

The truancy rate at Ellis Middle School fell to eight 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 92 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 14 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 755 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	12	9	10
2017	12	12	11
2018	13	14	11
2019	20	20	13
2020	8	14	10

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