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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 93.0 11.7 28.7 18.4 1.4
Female 95.7 7.2 26.6 11.5 0.7
Male 90.3 16.1 30.8 25.2 2.1
Economically Disadvantaged 88.6 19.1 47.9 33.1 3.3
High Needs 89.8 17.0 42.4 29.4 2.4
LEP English language learner 85.7 24.1 48.9 35.6 4.4
Students with disabilities 87.6 20.6 47.2 36.1 2.8
African American/Black 91.9 13.5 28.4 25.4 3.0
American Indian or Alaskan Native
Asian
Hispanic or Latino 91.0 15.0 45.5 23.9 2.3
Multi-race, non-Hispanic or Latino 93.7 10.4 22.2 22.2 0.0
White 96.8 5.3 13.7 5.9 0.0


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 92.9 6.9 19.9 20.3 18.9
Female 95.7 4.2 14.4 15.1 14.4
Male 90.2 9.5 25.4 25.4 23.2
Economically Disadvantaged 88.3 11.3 34.7 35.6 33.1
High Needs 89.6 10.1 31.0 31.5 29.2
LEP English language learner 87.5 12.1 28.9 31.1 26.7
Students with disabilities 86.7 13.0 38.0 38.0 35.2
Multi-race, non-Hispanic or Latino 93.4 6.4 22.2 22.2 22.2
Hispanic or Latino 90.2 9.5 28.4 28.4 27.3
Asian
American Indian or Alaskan Native
African American/Black 92.1 7.5 25.4 26.9 23.9
White 97.1 2.8 5.9 5.9 5.0

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