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Michelle Obama School of Technology and the ARTS reports 26% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Michelle Obama School of Technology and the ARTS rose to 26 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 94 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Park Forest SD 163 saw a chronic truancy rate of 39 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.

The school enrolled 536 students in the 2018-19 school year, and average daily attendance was at 94 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Michelle Obama School of Technology and the ARTS chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015019
20166310
20176411
20181111
2019263913

Michelle Obama School of Technology and the ARTS daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2015969594
2016969594
2017939394
2018939294
2019949294

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