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Thursday, April 25, 2024

Jackson A. Elementary Language Academy reports 0.2% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Jackson A. Elementary Language Academy stayed flat at 0.2 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 97 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 550 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 97 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Jackson A. Elementary Language Academy chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
0
28
9
98
93
95
2015
-999
27
9
97
94
94
2016
0.4
32
10
98
94
94
2017
0.2
34
11
98
93
94
2018
0.2
31
11
97
93
94