Chicago City Wire

The truancy rate at Goode Stem Academy High School rose to 73 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 89 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 917 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 89 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
2015	34	27	9
2016	40	32	10
2017	64	34	11
2018	67	31	11
2019	73	33	13

Year	School	District	State
2015	93	94	94
2016	92	94	94
2017	90	93	94
2018	90	93	94
2019	89	93	94