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Galileo Elementary Math and Sci School Academy reports 14% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Galileo Elementary Math and Sci School Academy fell to 14 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 561 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.

Galileo Elementary Math and Sci School Academy chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016113210
2017153411
2018143111
2019203313
2020142210

Galileo Elementary Math and Sci School Academy daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016969494
2017969394
2018969394
2019959394
2020979595

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