Rockford Sun

The truancy rate at Lewis Lemon Elementary fell to 44 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 91 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 351 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 91 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	33	7	10
2017	51	8	11
2018	46	9	11
2019	70	23	13
2020	44	25	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	91	94	94
2017	88	94	94
2018	88	92	94
2019	87	91	94
2020	91	94	95