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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 93.9 9.9 30.4 19.3 30.0
Female 94.9 8.3 26.4 18.8 25.9
Male 93.0 11.5 34.4 19.7 34.0
Economically Disadvantaged 93.7 10.3 32.3 20.7 32.1
High Needs 94.0 9.8 31.0 19.6 30.5
LEP English language learner 93.2 11.0 33.5 22.7 33.0
Students with disabilities 91.8 13.5 40.7 27.4 39.8
African American/Black 95.6 7.1 34.6 19.2 32.1
Asian 95.1 7.4 33.3 20.0 33.3
Hispanic or Latino 93.4 10.7 33.1 20.3 33.1
Multi-race, non-Hispanic or Latino 95.5 7.4 19.2 11.5 19.2
White 93.4 11.0 23.9 18.6 23.9


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 91.5 8.4 26.2 24.3 0.0
Male 90.4 9.5 28.6 25.7 0.0
Female 92.7 7.2 23.6 22.7 0.0
Economically Disadvantaged 91.0 8.9 28.5 26.5 0.0
High Needs 91.5 8.3 26.8 24.8 0.0
LEP English language learner 90.8 9.0 27.2 25.4 0.0
Students with disabilities 88.9 11.0 33.6 30.9 0.0
Multi-race, non-Hispanic or Latino 93.4 6.5 19.2 19.2 0.0
Hispanic or Latino 90.8 9.1 29.4 26.1 0.0
African American/Black 94.0 5.9 23.7 22.4 0.0
Asian 96.6 3.4 7.1 7.1 0.0
White 90.4 9.6 24.8 24.8 0.0

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