02 · Attendance
Are students missing too much school?
See how chronic absence has changed and compare the district with the country.
DistrictBrookhaven School DistrictBack to district profile →
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Brookhaven School District
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Students chronically absent by state
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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.
BROOKHAVEN SCHOOL DIST
How many students are missing too much school?
26.9%2022–23
Chronic absence is at or below the national rate
The district is 0.9 percentage points below the latest national rate and has increased 4.9 points since 2020–21. A student is generally counted as chronically absent after missing at least 10% of the school year.
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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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