Chicago City Wire

The truancy rate at Stem Magnet Academy Elementary fell to four 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 98 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 448 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 98 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	7	32	10
2017	11	34	11
2018	11	31	11
2019	10	33	13
2020	4	22	10

Year	School	District	State
2016	97	94	94
2017	97	93	94
2018	96	93	94
2019	97	93	94
2020	98	95	95