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Westinghouse High School reports 36% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Westinghouse High School fell to 36 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 92 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 1,192 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Westinghouse High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
40
28
9
93
93
95
2015
44
27
9
92
94
94
2016
36
32
10
93
94
94
2017
40
34
11
92
93
94
2018
36
31
11
92
93
94

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