Chambana Sun

The truancy rate at Thomas Paine Elementary School fell to eight 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 94 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 17 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 315 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 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	13	10
2017	5	12	11
2018	89	26	11
2019	13	24	13
2020	8	17	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	95	92	94
2017	95	93	94
2018	94	92	94
2019	93	91	94
2020	94	93	95