South Cook News

The truancy rate at Barack H. Obama Learning Academy fell to 29 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 96 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Hazel Crest SD 152-5 saw a chronic truancy rate of 29 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 450 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 96 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	0	0.1	10
2017	1	1	11
2018	0	0	11
2019	57	55	13
2020	29	29	10

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