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Senn High School reports 63% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Senn High School rose to 63 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 1,415 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.

Senn High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
41
32
10
91
93
94
2014
35
28
9
92
93
95
2015
36
27
9
92
94
94
2016
46
32
10
90
94
94
2017
63
34
11
88
93
94

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