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Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Williams Medical Preparatory High School reports 87% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Williams Medical Preparatory High School rose to 87 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 85 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 177 students in the 2018-19 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.

Williams Medical Preparatory High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201562279
2016693210
2017863411
2018833111
2019873313

Williams Medical Preparatory High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015909494
2016899494
2017879394
2018879394
2019859394

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