Chambana Sun

The truancy rate at Urbana High School rose to 40 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 86 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Urbana SD 116 saw a chronic truancy rate of 24 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 1,210 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 86 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	20	11	9
2016	24	13	10
2017	22	12	11
2018	23	26	11
2019	40	24	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	90	92	94
2016	89	92	94
2017	89	93	94
2018	90	92	94
2019	86	91	94