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Friday, April 26, 2024

Gale Elementary Community Academy reports 39% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Gale Elementary Community Academy fell to 39 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 93 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 323 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Gale Elementary Community Academy chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
44
28
9
91
93
95
2015
46
27
9
92
94
94
2016
51
32
10
92
94
94
2017
42
34
11
92
93
94
2018
39
31
11
93
93
94