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New Beginnings Learning Academy reports 18% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at New Beginnings Learning Academy rose to 18 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a South Cook News analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 93 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Dolton SD 149 saw a chronic truancy rate of 16 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 400 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 93 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

New Beginnings Learning Academy chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015119
20166610
20176911
201881411
2019181613

New Beginnings Learning Academy daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949494
2016949594
2017959494
2018949594
2019939494

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