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Sullivan High School reports 80% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Sullivan High School fell to 80 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Chicago City Wire analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 87 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The City Of Chicago SD 299 saw a chronic truancy rate of 34 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 608 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 87 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Sullivan High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
79
32
10
80
93
94
2014
72
28
9
85
93
95
2015
63
27
9
89
94
94
2016
82
32
10
87
94
94
2017
80
34
11
87
93
94

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