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Beaubien Elementary School reports 15% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Beaubien Elementary School rose to 15 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 96 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 1,047 students in the 2018-19 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.

Beaubien Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
20159279
2016103210
2017143411
2018133111
2019153313

Beaubien Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959494
2016959494
2017959394
2018959394
2019969394

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