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Uplift Community High School reports 77% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Uplift Community High School rose to 77 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 85 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 241 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 85 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Uplift Community High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
49
28
9
88
93
95
2015
56
27
9
90
94
94
2016
53
32
10
90
94
94
2017
72
34
11
87
93
94
2018
77
31
11
85
93
94