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Disney Elementary Magnet School reports 9% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Disney Elementary Magnet School stayed flat at 9 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a Chicago City Wire analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 96 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 31 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 1,572 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Disney Elementary Magnet School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
11
28
9
96
93
95
2015
6
27
9
96
94
94
2016
6
32
10
96
94
94
2017
9
34
11
96
93
94
2018
9
31
11
96
93
94

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