Chambana Sun

The truancy rate at Central High School stayed flat at 26 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 90 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 1,291 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 90 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	19	12	9
2016	19	11	10
2017	21	12	11
2018	26	14	11
2019	26	14	13

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