Chicago City Wire

The truancy rate at Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Park fell to 20 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Park Charter Sch saw a chronic truancy rate of 20 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 817 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 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	15	15	10
2017	32	32	11
2018	29	29	11
2019	34	34	13
2020	20	20	10

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