Quantcast

Metro East Sun

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Lovejoy Technology Academy reports 65% truancy rate

Highschool07

The truancy rate at Lovejoy Technology Academy rose to 65 percent during the 2017-18 school year, according to a Metro East Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The schools average daily attendance rate was 88 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5 percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Brooklyn Ud 188 saw a chronic truancy rate of 86 percent during the 2017-18 school year, while the statewide rate was 11 percent.

The school enrolled 21 students in the 2017-18 school year, and average daily attendance was at 88 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 94 percent.

Lovejoy Technology Academy chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
Year
Chronic truancy rate
Daily attendance rate
School
District
State
School
District
State
2014
41
37
9
89
91
95
2015
43
38
9
91
90
94
2016
45
29
10
83
88
94
2017
42
38
11
87
90
94
2018
65
86
11
88
88
94

ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY

!RECEIVE ALERTS

The next time we write about any of these orgs, we’ll email you a link to the story. You may edit your settings or unsubscribe at any time.
Sign-up

DONATE

Help support the Metric Media Foundation's mission to restore community based news.
Donate