Chambana Sun

The truancy rate at Urbana Middle School stayed flat at 26 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 92 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 936 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 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	12	13	10
2017	8	12	11
2018	22	26	11
2019	26	24	13
2020	26	17	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	92	92	94
2017	93	93	94
2018	92	92	94
2019	90	91	94
2020	92	93	95