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Uplift Community High School reports 54% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Uplift Community High School fell to 54 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Chicago City Wire analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 91 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 22 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 121 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 91 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Uplift Community High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016533210
2017723411
2018773111
2019803313
2020542210

Uplift Community High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016909494
2017879394
2018859394
2019859394
2020919595

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