Chicago City Wire

The truancy rate at YCCS - CCA Academy High School fell to 95 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 70 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 144 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 70 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
2017	100	34	11
2018	100	31	11
2019	100	33	13
2020	95	22	10

Year	School	District	State
2017	59	93	94
2018	54	93	94
2019	52	93	94
2020	70	95	95