Chicago City Wire

The truancy rate at Penn Elementary School rose to 34 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Chicago City Wire analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The City Of Chicago SD 299 saw a chronic truancy rate of 33 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 270 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2015	50	27	9
2016	44	32	10
2017	57	34	11
2018	26	31	11
2019	34	33	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	94	94	94
2016	96	94	94
2017	95	93	94
2018	97	93	94
2019	95	93	94