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McDowell Elementary School reports 24% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at McDowell Elementary School stayed flat at 24 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 155 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.

McDowell Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
23
28
9
95
93
95
2015
17
27
9
96
94
94
2016
19
32
10
97
94
94
2017
24
34
11
97
93
94
2018
24
31
11
96
93
94