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Burr Oak Academy reports 1% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Burr Oak Academy rose to one percent during the 2019-20 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 Calumet Public SD 132 saw a chronic truancy rate of three percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 318 students in the 2019-20 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 95 percent.

Burr Oak Academy chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016251510
2017141111
201816911
201900.113
20201310

Burr Oak Academy daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016929494
2017929494
2018939494
2019929494
2020949595

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