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Robinson Elementary School reports 67% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Robinson Elementary School rose to 67 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Chicago City Wire analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 92 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The City Of Chicago SD 299 saw a chronic truancy rate of 33 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 136 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Robinson Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015100279
20161003210
2017713411
2018293111
2019673313

Robinson Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015899494
2016909494
2017949394
2018959394
2019929394

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