Quincy Reporter

The truancy rate at Quincy Junior High School fell to nine percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Quincy Reporter analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 95 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 11 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 1,430 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 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	11	10
2017	15	12	11
2018	15	14	11
2019	17	17	13
2020	9	11	10

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