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Alcott Elementary School reports 4% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Alcott Elementary School fell to four 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 674 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.

Alcott Elementary School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016163210
2017173411
2018113111
2019103313
202042210

Alcott Elementary School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016969494
2017959394
2018969394
2019959394
2020979595

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