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Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center reports 10% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center fell to 10 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 284 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.

Lenart Elementary Regional Gifted Center chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
10
28
9
98
93
95
2015
15
27
9
97
94
94
2016
17
32
10
97
94
94
2017
19
34
11
97
93
94
2018
10
31
11
97
93
94