Peoria Standard

The truancy rate at El Paso-Gridley High School rose to 12 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Peoria Standard 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 El Paso-Gridley CUSD 11 saw a chronic truancy rate of six percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 368 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2015	2	1	9
2016	5	2	10
2017	3	2	11
2018	4	2	11
2019	12	6	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	95	96	94
2016	96	96	94
2017	95	95	94
2018	95	95	94
2019	91	94	94