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Mae Jemison School reports 28% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Mae Jemison School rose to 28 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 Prairie-Hills Esd 144 saw a chronic truancy rate of 28 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 417 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.

Mae Jemison School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015039
201600.110
201700.211
20180511
2019282813

Mae Jemison School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015949494
2016949494
2017949394
2018969494
2019939394

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