Peoria Standard

The truancy rate at Roosevelt Magnet School fell to 37 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Peoria Standard analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Peoria SD 150 saw a chronic truancy rate of 23 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 648 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 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	41	22	10
2017	33	29	11
2018	43	33	11
2019	52	42	13
2020	37	23	10

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