02 · Attendance
Are students missing too much school?
See how chronic absence has changed and compare the district with the country.
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Students chronically absent by state
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LowerHigher
AL22.6%AK42.5%AZ41.1%AR22.6%CA27.6%CO33.6%CT19.3%DE24.3%DC46.1%FL33.8%GA26.2%HI33.6%ID16.9%IL29.8%IN23.6%IA24.7%KS24.2%KY28%LA21%ME28.4%MD32.4%MA22.8%MI33.3%MN27.3%MS26.5%MO20.4%MT35.9%NE23.1%NV38.5%NH24.7%NJ16.7%NM43.4%NY29.9%NC28.7%ND20.8%OH30.4%OK23.8%OR43.8%PA22.6%PR42.3%RI32.3%SC25.3%SD22.1%TN23.6%TX23%UT26.5%VT27.8%VA19.2%WA34.7%WV33.6%WI24.1%WY34.1%
Lowest reportedNew Jersey · 16.7%Highest reportedDistrict of Columbia · 46.1%
Darker color means a higher value, not necessarily a better result. A dash means no comparable state result is available.
United States · district-reported EDFacts
Chronic absence rose sharply, then improved
27.8%2022–23 weighted rate
Largest districtsClick a district to inspect its reported rate
What this answers
13,394,800 students were reported chronically absent among 48,264,225 students in 17,982 districts. A student is generally counted when missing 10% or more of the school year.
Source policy
Every result keeps its year and source.
Primary sources
State education agencies and EDFacts
Publication ruleSuppressed values remain suppressed. Unlike measures are not blended, and missing values are never treated as zero.
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