Chicago City Wire

The truancy rate at Cather Elementary School fell to 25 percent during the 2019-20 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 22 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 344 students in the 2019-20 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 95 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2016	1	32	10
2017	1	34	11
2018	33	31	11
2019	34	33	13
2020	25	22	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	95	94	94
2017	92	93	94
2018	93	93	94
2019	94	93	94
2020	96	95	95