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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 90.0 16.4 40.9 29.4 5.2
Female 90.9 14.9 38.5 27.1 4.7
Male 89.2 17.8 43.1 31.5 5.6
Economically Disadvantaged 87.9 19.9 49.1 36.3 6.4
High Needs 88.7 18.5 45.7 33.4 5.9
LEP English language learner 88.9 18.1 45.2 32.7 5.8
Students with disabilities 86.7 22.1 52.2 38.9 7.1
African American/Black 88.5 18.8 46.1 34.1 6.3
American Indian or Alaskan Native 86.9 21.3 53.9 39.7 8.5
Asian 95.8 7.0 19.2 10.8 1.6
Hispanic or Latino 88.2 19.4 48.2 35.2 6.3
Multi-race, non-Hispanic or Latino 90.9 14.9 36.2 27.2 4.6
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 86.3 22.2 50.5 35.2 3.3
White 94.5 9.1 23.6 14.8 1.9


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 90.6 9.1 26.3 26.7 24.7
Female 91.7 8.1 23.9 24.3 22.1
Male 89.6 10.0 28.6 29.0 27.0
Economically Disadvantaged 88.3 11.3 33.2 33.6 31.2
High Needs 89.2 10.4 30.4 30.9 28.6
LEP English language learner 89.2 10.3 30.4 31.0 28.5
Students with disabilities 86.8 12.9 36.6 36.8 33.6
Multi-race, non-Hispanic or Latino 91.5 8.1 23.1 23.9 21.3
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 87.2 12.2 31.1 30.0 27.8
Asian 96.6 3.3 8.7 8.9 8.2
Hispanic or Latino 88.7 10.9 32.1 32.5 30.0
African American/Black 89.0 10.6 30.9 31.3 29.4
American Indian or Alaskan Native 88.1 11.3 30.7 30.7 26.4
White 95.2 4.6 12.3 12.6 10.7

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