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Azuela Elementary School reports 18% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Azuela Elementary School rose to 18 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 889 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.

Azuela Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201510279
2016133210
2017183411
2018163111
2019183313

Azuela Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015959494
2016969494
2017959394
2018959394
2019959394

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