Kankakee Times

The truancy rate at Steuben Elementary School fell to 23 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a Kankakee Times analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Kankakee SD 111 saw a chronic truancy rate of 24 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 297 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.