Rockford Sun

The truancy rate at Lewis Lemon Elementary rose to 70 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Rockford Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 87 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 23 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 344 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 87 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	42	7	9
2016	33	7	10
2017	51	8	11
2018	46	9	11
2019	70	23	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	89	94	94
2016	91	94	94
2017	88	94	94
2018	88	92	94
2019	87	91	94