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Wells Community Academy High School reports 38% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Wells Community Academy High School fell to 38 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 89 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 369 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 89 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Wells Community Academy High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016233210
2017313411
2018313111
2019543313
2020382210

Wells Community Academy High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016919494
2017899394
2018909394
2019869394
2020899595

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