The schools average daily attendance rate was 85 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 133 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 85 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.
Harper High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
54
28
9
84
93
95
2015
82
27
9
85
94
94
2016
83
32
10
86
94
94
2017
100
34
11
81
93
94
2018
98
31
11
85
93
94
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