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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Scammon Elementary School reports 17% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Scammon Elementary School rose to 17 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 94 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 798 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Scammon Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
10
32
10
95
93
94
2014
5
28
9
95
93
95
2015
2
27
9
96
94
94
2016
14
32
10
94
94
94
2017
17
34
11
94
93
94

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