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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Chicago Vocational Career Academy High School reports 97% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Chicago Vocational Career Academy High School rose to 97 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 84 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 901 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 84 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Chicago Vocational Career Academy High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
85
32
10
84
93
94
2014
73
28
9
87
93
95
2015
79
27
9
87
94
94
2016
93
32
10
87
94
94
2017
97
34
11
84
93
94

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