Chambana Sun

The truancy rate at Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School fell to one 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Paxton-Buckley-Loda Cud 10 saw a chronic truancy rate of two percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 294 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 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	0.3	2	10
2017	0	2	11
2018	2	4	11
2019	2	5	13
2020	1	2	10

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