Chicago City Wire

The truancy rate at North Lawndale Preparatory Charter - Christiana rose to 58 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 93 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 372 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 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	54	34	11
2018	30	31	11
2019	58	33	13

Year	School	District	State
2017	93	93	94
2018	96	93	94
2019	93	93	94