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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 77.5 36.2 70.7 61.0 31.9
Female 80.1 32.4 66.0 55.5 28.3
Male 75.2 39.6 74.7 65.7 35.1
Economically Disadvantaged 75.6 39.2 74.7 65.3 34.0
High Needs 75.8 38.8 74.2 65.0 34.1
LEP English language learner 73.9 40.8 77.9 69.7 40.8
Students with disabilities 76.9 37.4 76.2 65.6 33.2
African American/Black 79.2 33.6 70.3 58.4 30.3
American Indian or Alaskan Native 71.8 47.1 85.7 71.4 28.6
Asian 92.5 12.1 33.3 25.9 7.4
Hispanic or Latino 74.5 40.3 77.0 68.7 38.8
Multi-race, non-Hispanic or Latino 77.0 38.1 69.9 57.4 36.0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
White 80.4 32.2 63.4 53.3 23.6


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 82.1 17.3 51.0 51.7 8.2
Male 79.5 19.7 57.2 57.8 9.9
Female 85.0 14.5 44.0 44.7 6.3
Economically Disadvantaged 80.3 19.0 55.6 56.2 9.2
High Needs 80.4 18.8 55.2 55.9 9.5
LEP English language learner 77.3 21.6 60.5 61.4 12.9
Students with disabilities 80.9 18.5 56.7 57.4 10.3
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
White 85.1 14.5 42.9 43.3 4.8
American Indian or Alaskan Native 74.5 25.2 57.1 57.1 7.1
Asian 94.9 5.0 19.2 19.2 0.0
Multi-race, non-Hispanic or Latino 81.6 17.9 45.2 46.7 8.9
Hispanic or Latino 79.2 19.9 58.7 59.5 10.7
African American/Black 83.5 15.8 49.9 50.6 8.4

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