Chambana Sun

The truancy rate at Edison Middle School fell to nine percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Chambana Sun 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 Champaign CUSD 4 saw a chronic truancy rate of 14 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 726 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2015	13	12	9
2016	10	11	10
2017	10	12	11
2018	13	14	11
2019	9	14	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	92	93	94
2016	92	93	94
2017	93	93	94
2018	93	93	94
2019	92	93	94