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Horizon Science Academy - McKinley Park Charter School reports 29% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Horizon Science Academy - McKinley Park Charter School fell to 29 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 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Park Charter Sch saw a chronic truancy rate of 29 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 790 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Horizon Science Academy - McKinley Park Charter School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
11
11
9
96
96
95
2015
21
21
9
95
95
94
2016
15
15
10
95
95
94
2017
32
32
11
94
94
94
2018
29
29
11
95
95
94

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