Chicago Academy High School reports 30% truancy rate

Chicago Academy High School reports 30% truancy rate
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The truancy rate at Chicago Academy High School stayed flat at 30 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 94 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 559 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Chicago Academy High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year School District State
2015 25 27 9
2016 22 32 10
2017 34 34 11
2018 30 31 11
2019 30 33 13
Chicago Academy High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend
Year School District State
2015 92 94 94
2016 93 94 94
2017 92 93 94
2018 93 93 94
2019 94 93 94


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