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Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School reports 15% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School rose to 15 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 97 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 218 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 97 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016273210
2017423411
201843111
2019143313
2020152210

Dunne Technology Academy Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016969494
2017959394
2018959394
2019969394
2020979595

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