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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - College Preparatory High School reports 20% truancy rate

Education Daily Wire Nov 2, 2021

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The truancy rate at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - College Preparatory High School fell to 20 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Education Daily Wire analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 95 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The City Of Chicago SD 299 saw a chronic truancy rate of 22 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 483 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 95 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - College Preparatory High School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016243210
2017383411
2018653111
2019623313
2020202210

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - College Preparatory High School daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016939494
2017919394
2018909394
2019909394
2020959595

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