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Chicago Virtual Charter School reports 63% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Chicago Virtual Charter School fell to 63 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 87 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 673 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 87 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Chicago Virtual Charter School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201532279
2016363210
20171003411
2018763111
2019633313

Chicago Virtual Charter School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949494
2016959494
2017719394
2018899394
2019879394

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