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Tilden Career Communty Academy High School reports 93% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Tilden Career Communty Academy High School rose to 93 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 82 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 249 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 82 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Tilden Career Communty Academy High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
81
28
9
82
93
95
2015
88
27
9
81
94
94
2016
93
32
10
81
94
94
2017
86
34
11
81
93
94
2018
93
31
11
82
93
94