YCCS – Youth Connection Leadership Academy reports 88% truancy rate

YCCS – Youth Connection Leadership Academy reports 88% truancy rate
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The truancy rate at YCCS – Youth Connection Leadership Academy fell to 88 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 76 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 162 students in the 2019-20 school year, and average daily attendance was at 76 percent for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 95 percent.

YCCS – Youth Connection Leadership Academy chronic truancy rates 4-year trend
Year School District State
2017 100 34 11
2018 100 31 11
2019 100 33 13
2020 88 22 10
YCCS – Youth Connection Leadership Academy daily attendance rates 4-year trend
Year School District State
2017 60 93 94
2018 62 93 94
2019 56 93 94
2020 76 95 95


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