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Lovejoy Technology Academy reports 71% truancy rate

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The truancy rate at Lovejoy Technology Academy fell to 71 percent during the 2019-20 school year, according to a Metro East Sun analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The school's average daily attendance rate was 87 percent.

Students are considered chronically truant if they miss five percent of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The Brooklyn Ud 188 saw a chronic truancy rate of 59 percent during the 2019-20 school year, while the statewide rate was 10 percent.

The school enrolled 36 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 87 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

Lovejoy Technology Academy chronic truancy rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016452910
2017423811
2018658611
2019767613
2020715910

Lovejoy Technology Academy daily attendance rates 5-year trend

YearSchoolDistrictState
2016838894
2017879094
2018888894
2019868794
2020879195

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