Rockford Sun

The truancy rate at Auburn High School rose to 35 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Rockford 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 Rockford SD 205 saw a chronic truancy rate of 25 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 1,807 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	6	7	10
2017	6	8	11
2018	7	9	11
2019	33	23	13
2020	35	25	10

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