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McCormick Elementary School reports 14% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at McCormick Elementary School 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 570 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.

McCormick Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016103210
2017193411
2018153111
2019173313
2020142210

McCormick Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016969494
2017959394
2018959394
2019969394
2020979595

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