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Randolph Elementary School reports 29% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Randolph Elementary School stayed flat at 29 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 95 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 498 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Randolph Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201533279
2016333210
2017413411
2018293111
2019293313

Randolph Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959494
2016959494
2017959394
2018959394
2019959394

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