Percent Chronically Absent Students
Note: Student counts may be duplicated. For example, if a student was reported as chronically absent in two schools in one year, they will be counted twice.
Source: EDFacts File Specification 195 / Data Group 814
Map Data Notes
School Year | State | File Spec | Data Group | Data Topic | Data Note | State Note |
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2022-2023, 2021-2022, 2020-2021, 2019-2020, 2018-2019 | ALL STATES | 195 | 814, 814PCT | Participation | Data for FS195/DG814 are reported at the school level. For ED Data Express, the Department has aggregated the data to the LEA and SEA level for user convenience. Aggregated data are impacted by quality issues in the source data, which, in this case, are the school level. Also, student counts may be duplicative. Students are reported in each school in which they are enrolled and absent 10% or more school days during the school year. As a result, students who are defined and reported as chronically absent at more than one school in a given school year will be counted more than once when aggregated up to the LEA, SEA, and national levels. | The state notes in all sections of ED Data Express reflect the views of the state only and do no necessarily reflect compliance with requirements or consistency with reporting instructions. |
2022-2023, 2021-2022, 2020-2021, 2019-2020, 2018-2019 | ALL STATES | 195 | 814, 814PCT | Participation | The school-level data for FS195/DG814 are privacy protected via perturbation. The data are protected by adding or subtracting one student for cell sizes less than or equal to four and random data swapping for cell sizes less than or equal to three. | The state notes in all sections of ED Data Express reflect the views of the state only and do not necessarily reflect compliance with requirements or consistency with reporting instructions. |
2020-2021, 2019-2020 | ALL STATES | 195 | 814 | Participation | The Department urges abundant caution when using the data and recommends reviewing the other relevant data notes and state comments prior to use or interpretation. In SY2019-2020 and 2020-2021, SEAs were given the flexibility to report Chronic Absenteeism data using a different definition than in previous years. Therefore, data are not comparable across years. For more information on how states were advised to report Chronic Absenteeism and other data, please go to state data websites for additional information on how definitions and reporting may have changed due to COVID-19, and review the Department's fact sheet on reporting data (https://oese.ed.gov/files/2020/12/SY-19-20-COVID-Fact-Sheet-Final-11.19.20.doc). | The state notes in all sections of ED Data Express reflect the views of the state only and do not necessarily reflect compliance with requirements or consistency with reporting instructions. |