Chicago City Wire

The truancy rate at Robinson Elementary School fell to 37 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 94 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 123 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Year	School	District	State
2016	100	32	10
2017	71	34	11
2018	29	31	11
2019	67	33	13
2020	37	22	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	90	94	94
2017	94	93	94
2018	95	93	94
2019	92	93	94
2020	94	95	95