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Student Attendance (2020-21)


The COVID 19 pandemic had a profound impact on the 2020-21 school year. Data reported below may have been affected by the pandemic. Please keep this in mind when reviewing the data, and take particular care when comparing data over multiple school years.

Please note that the attendance data in the report below reflects attendance reported by districts from the beginning of their school years until the last day of school.

Student Attendance (2020-21) - End of Year
Student Group Attendance Rate Average # of Absences Absent 10 or more days Chronically Absent (10% or more) Unexcused > 9 days
All Student 88.4 19.3 58.8 44.0 20.3
Female 89.0 18.5 54.9 41.1 18.5
Male 87.9 20.1 62.7 46.8 22.1
Economically Disadvantaged 84.2 26.1 73.2 60.5 30.8
High Needs 85.4 24.3 70.1 56.5 28.6
LEP English language learner 82.3 27.7 80.8 71.7 46.5
Students with disabilities 85.5 24.5 70.3 53.9 35.5
African American/Black 88.3 19.2 56.1 36.4 13.6
American Indian or Alaskan Native
Asian 92.8 12.0 48.0 28.0 0.0
Hispanic or Latino 85.5 23.5 73.9 60.5 27.7
Multi-race, non-Hispanic or Latino 82.6 28.4 62.9 51.4 31.4
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
White 89.2 18.2 55.6 40.7 19.1


Please note that the attendance data in the report below reflects attendance reported by districts from the beginning of their school years until March 1, 2021.

Student Attendance (2020-21) - March
Student Group Attendance Rate Average # of Absences Absent 10 or more days Chronically Absent (10% or more) Unexcused > 9 days
All Student 87.6 12.3 44.3 44.6 6.5
Female 88.5 11.4 40.4 40.6 6.0
Male 86.7 13.1 48.0 48.6 7.0
Economically Disadvantaged 82.8 16.9 60.7 60.9 11.9
High Needs 84.2 15.6 56.3 56.4 10.2
LEP English language learner 79.9 18.8 72.2 72.2 32.0
Students with disabilities 84.9 15.0 54.3 54.3 11.3
Hispanic or Latino 83.6 16.0 59.3 59.7 12.9
White 88.6 11.4 41.4 41.5 5.3
African American/Black 87.8 12.0 36.9 36.9 3.1
American Indian or Alaskan Native
Asian 92.1 7.6 32.0 32.0 0.0
Multi-race, non-Hispanic or Latino 82.1 17.3 51.4 54.3 8.6
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

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