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Phillips Academy High School reports 100% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Phillips Academy High School stayed flat at 100 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 83 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 623 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 83 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Phillips Academy High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
88
28
9
83
93
95
2015
100
27
9
76
94
94
2016
100
32
10
81
94
94
2017
100
34
11
80
93
94
2018
100
31
11
83
93
94

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