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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Skinner Elementary School reports 8% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Skinner Elementary School fell to 8 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 98 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 1,058 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 98 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Skinner Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
16
32
10
97
93
94
2014
13
28
9
97
93
95
2015
13
27
9
97
94
94
2016
10
32
10
98
94
94
2017
8
34
11
98
93
94

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