Arizona's chronic absenteeism rate, while declining, remains higher than pre-pandemic levels. The state's four-year graduation rate is slowly increasing but still lags behind the national average.

The Clark County School District, like many others across the country, saw its absenteeism rate worsen during the COVID-19 pandemic. The rate has since improved, but still remains high.

In Mississippi, for example, the overall absenteeism rate was 24%, but among seniors, it soared to 41%. Several other states also reported senior absenteeism rates above 40%, with rates in the ...

Companies may calculate the absence rates based on either calendar days or working days. The assumption is that these two calculation methods both result in the same average absenteeism rate.

In Des Moines, the school board says there are six schools that have a chronic absenteeism rate of more than 50%, including East, Lincoln and North high schools. Sign up for our Newsletters But ...

The state saw its chronic absenteeism drop to 17.7% for the 2023-24 school year while attendance rates climbed to 92.4%, the lowest and highest marks for the state since 2020-21. Chronic ...

The Baltimore City Council is taking steps toward addressing the root causes of school absenteeism, a problem that plagues Baltimore at a far higher rate than any other county in the state. Among ...