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Douglass Academy High School reports 95% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Douglass Academy High School fell to 95 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 80 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 101 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 80 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Douglass Academy High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
92
28
9
76
93
95
2015
97
27
9
79
94
94
2016
100
32
10
79
94
94
2017
100
34
11
79
93
94
2018
95
31
11
80
93
94