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Chicago High School For The Arts reports 11% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Chicago High School For The Arts rose to 11 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 617 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.

Chicago High School For The Arts chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
201693210
201733411
2018123111
201953313
2020112210

Chicago High School For The Arts daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016979494
2017999394
2018969394
2019979394
2020979595

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