Quincy Reporter

The truancy rate at Quincy Junior High School rose to 17 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Quincy Reporter 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 Quincy SD 172 saw a chronic truancy rate of 17 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 1,453 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2015	11	10	9
2016	12	11	10
2017	15	12	11
2018	15	14	11
2019	17	17	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	92	93	94
2016	92	93	94
2017	92	93	94
2018	93	93	94
2019	92	93	94