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Epic Academy High School reports 42% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Epic Academy High School fell to 42 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 92 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 519 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 92 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Epic Academy High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016483210
2017583411
2018473111
2019523313
2020422210

Epic Academy High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016919494
2017909394
2018939394
2019929394
2020929595

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