Chicago City Wire

The truancy rate at Orr Academy High School fell to 67 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 84 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 230 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 84 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	100	34	11
2018	100	31	11
2019	100	33	13
2020	67	22	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	74	94	94
2017	62	93	94
2018	73	93	94
2019	74	93	94
2020	84	95	95