Chicago City Wire

The truancy rate at Amandla Charter School rose to 82 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 79 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Amandla Charter School saw a chronic truancy rate of 82 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 272 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 79 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2017	66	66	11
2018	26	26	11
2019	82	82	13

Year	School	District	State
2017	75	75	94
2018	81	81	94
2019	79	79	94