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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Chavez Elementary Multicultural Academy Center reports 18% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Chavez Elementary Multicultural Academy Center rose to 18 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 97 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 970 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 97 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Chavez Elementary Multicultural Academy Center chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
19
32
10
95
93
94
2014
14
28
9
96
93
95
2015
15
27
9
97
94
94
2016
14
32
10
97
94
94
2017
18
34
11
97
93
94

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