Chicago City Wire

The truancy rate at Shields Middle 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 576 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.

Year	School	District	State
2016	13	32	10
2017	26	34	11
2018	24	31	11
2019	21	33	13
2020	14	22	10

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