Rockford Sun

The truancy rate at R.K. Welsh Elementary School rose to 34 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 89 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 491 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 89 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	6	7	9
2016	8	7	10
2017	17	8	11
2018	26	9	11
2019	34	23	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	94	94	94
2016	94	94	94
2017	93	94	94
2018	90	92	94
2019	89	91	94