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Goode STEM Academy High School reports 64% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Goode STEM Academy High School rose to 64 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 90 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 861 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 90 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Goode STEM Academy High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
9
32
10
95
93
94
2014
23
28
9
94
93
95
2015
34
27
9
93
94
94
2016
40
32
10
92
94
94
2017
64
34
11
90
93
94

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