Chicago City Wire

The truancy rate at Disney Elementary Magnet School fell to eight 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 1,503 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	6	32	10
2017	9	34	11
2018	9	31	11
2019	13	33	13
2020	8	22	10

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