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Curie Metropolitan High School reports 60% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Curie Metropolitan High School rose to 60 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a Chicago City Wire analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 88 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 2,937 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 88 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Curie Metropolitan High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
46
32
10
88
93
94
2014
41
28
9
90
93
95
2015
56
27
9
88
94
94
2016
53
32
10
88
94
94
2017
60
34
11
88
93
94

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