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Brooks College Prep Academy High School reports 68% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Brooks College Prep Academy High School rose to 68 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 89 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 962 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 89 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Brooks College Prep Academy High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
61
28
9
89
93
95
2015
51
27
9
92
94
94
2016
49
32
10
92
94
94
2017
57
34
11
91
93
94
2018
68
31
11
89
93
94

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