Massachusetts School and District Profiles

Merriam

Districts Schools

2009

	School	District	State
Attendance Rate	96.3	96.5	94.6
Average # of days absent	6.4	6.2	9.3
Absent 10 or more days	21.4	19.9	33.0
Chronically Absent (10% or more)	5.6	4.5	13.8
In-School Suspension Rate	0.0	0.0	3.3
Out-of-School Suspension Rate	0.0	0.0	5.3
Unexcused Absences > 9	0.0	0.0	2.1
Retention Rate	0.6	0.4	2.3