Chambana Sun

The truancy rate at Blue Ridge Intermediate-Junior High School fell to two percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Chambana Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 97 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Blue Ridge CUSD 18 saw a chronic truancy rate of three percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 230 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 97 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	5	4	10
2017	12	9	11
2018	7	8	11
2019	6	8	13
2020	2	3	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	94	94	94
2017	94	94	94
2018	93	93	94
2019	96	94	94
2020	97	96	95