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Chicago Virtual Charter School reports 100% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Chicago Virtual Charter School rose to 100 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 71 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 652 students in the 2016-17 school year, and average daily attendance was at 71 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Chicago Virtual Charter School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2013
26
32
10
95
93
94
2014
21
28
9
95
93
95
2015
32
27
9
94
94
94
2016
36
32
10
95
94
94
2017
100
34
11
71
93
94

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