Dupage Policy Journal

The truancy rate at Carl Sandburg Elementary School fell to nine percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal 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 Joliet PSD 86 saw a chronic truancy rate of 12 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 379 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	5	19	10
2017	8	18	11
2018	15	19	11
2019	18	22	13
2020	9	12	10

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