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Student Attendance (2019-20)


The COVID 19 pandemic had a profound impact on the 2019-20 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 March 2, 2020.

Student Group Attendance Rate Average # of Absences Absent 10 or more days Chronically Absent (10% or more) Unexcused > 9 days
All Student 89.7 8.9 31.5 29.9 20.8
Female 89.9 8.6 34.1 30.5 19.5
Male 89.6 9.2 29.6 29.6 21.7
Economically Disadvantaged 86.3 12.1 45.3 39.1 32.8
High Needs 88.8 9.6 33.9 32.3 24.2
Students with disabilities 88.8 9.4 32.6 33.7 23.6
African American/Black 88.8 9.8 44.4 44.4 22.2
Asian 87.7 9.5 40.0 50.0 30.0
Hispanic or Latino 88.1 10.3 48.5 42.4 36.4
Multi-race, non-Hispanic or Latino
White 90.2 8.6 25.0 25.0 17.1

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