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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Dunbar Vocational Career Academy High School reports 70% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Dunbar Vocational Career Academy High School fell to 70 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 85 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 439 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 85 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Dunbar Vocational Career Academy High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
64
28
9
89
93
95
2015
100
27
9
81
94
94
2016
71
32
10
85
94
94
2017
95
34
11
84
93
94
2018
70
31
11
85
93
94