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 Evanston CCSD 65 saw a chronic truancy rate of 11 percent during the 2018-19 school year, while the statewide rate was 13 percent.
The school enrolled 560 students in the 2018-19 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 94 percent.
Dr ML King Junior Literary and Fine Arts School chronic truancy rates 5-year trend
| Year | School | District | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| 2016 | 4 | 9 | 10 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| 2018 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 2019 | 7 | 11 | 13 |
Dr ML King Junior Literary and Fine Arts School daily attendance rates 5-year trend
| Year | School | District | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 96 | 95 | 94 |
| 2016 | 96 | 96 | 94 |
| 2017 | 95 | 95 | 94 |
| 2018 | 95 | 95 | 94 |
| 2019 | 95 | 95 | 94 |
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