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Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy reports 26% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy fell to 26 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 96 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 431 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Shoop Math-Sci Tech Elementary Academy chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
30
28
9
95
93
95
2015
24
27
9
95
94
94
2016
36
32
10
95
94
94
2017
39
34
11
95
93
94
2018
26
31
11
96
93
94