Since hitting a record high in 2022, national chronic absenteeism rates have dropped modestly — by about five percentage ...

About 30% of California students were considered chronically absent — nearly 1.8 million students — for the 2020-21 school ...

Schools are struggling to get chronic absenteeism to pre-pandemic levels, five years after it spiked during COVID-19. Chronic ...

The results come as districts enter a new school year determined to drive down chronic absenteeism rates that shot up as ...

Chronic absenteeism in U.S. schools is declining from pandemic-era highs but remains well above pre-COVID levels. States like ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va (WCHS) — Reducing the number of chronically absent students has been important for Kanawha County Schools.

She said that in the 2023-2024 school year the county was at 20.58%. At the end of the 2024-2025 school year that had ...

RAND researchers estimated about 22% of K-12 students nationally were chronically absent last school year. Chronic absenteeism is up considerably from the typical 15% range before the pandemic.

Virginia has been recognized by Attendance Works, a national leader on school attendance, for progress in reducing chronic ...

The Georgia Department of Education reports a decline in chronic absenteeism from 23% to 19% but recognizes the need for ...

California commits to reducing chronic absenteeism by 50% in 5 years, with new statewide guidance announced by Superintendent ...