The schools average daily attendance rate was 89 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 34 percent during the 2016-17 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.
The school enrolled 3,267 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 89 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.
Taft High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
42
32
10
91
93
94
2014
44
28
9
90
93
95
2015
38
27
9
91
94
94
2016
44
32
10
91
94
94
2017
46
34
11
89
93
94
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