South Central Reporter

The truancy rate at South Fork Junior Senior High School rose to 21 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a South Central Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 91 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The South Fork SD 14 saw a chronic truancy rate of 15 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 151 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 91 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	5	4	9
2016	8	6	10
2017	10	7	11
2018	8	8	11
2019	21	15	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	95	95	94
2016	95	95	94
2017	93	94	94
2018	94	94	94
2019	91	93	94