Creative Communications Academy reports 17% truancy rate

Education Daily Wire Jul 3, 2021

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The truancy rate at Creative Communications Academy rose to 17 percent during the 2018-19 school year, according to a Education Daily Wire 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 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 185 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.

Creative Communications Academy chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

Year	School	District	State
2015	1	1	9
2016	3	6	10
2017	3	9	11
2018	10	14	11
2019	17	16	13

Creative Communications Academy daily attendance rates 5-year trend

Year	School	District	State
2015	93	94	94
2016	97	95	94
2017	96	94	94
2018	98	95	94
2019	96	94	94

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