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Sunday, May 19, 2024

Lara Elementary Academy reports 18% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Lara Elementary Academy fell to 18 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a Chicago City Wire analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 96 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 31 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 442 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Lara Elementary Academy chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
20
28
9
96
93
95
2015
29
27
9
95
94
94
2016
25
32
10
96
94
94
2017
31
34
11
95
93
94
2018
18
31
11
96
93
94