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Wells Community Academy High School reports 54% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Wells Community Academy High School rose to 54 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 86 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 358 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 86 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Wells Community Academy High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201521279
2016233210
2017313411
2018313111
2019543313

Wells Community Academy High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015899494
2016919494
2017899394
2018909394
2019869394

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