Attendance Matters

  • The importance of consistent, regular attendance is crucial to your child’s success in school.  Good attendance helps students stay on the path to academic success.  Students are at academic risk if they miss 10 percent or more of the school year, or about 18 days a year.

    At least one in ten children are affected by chronic absences and that reading on grade-level in third grade is highly correlated with attendance in the early grades. By middle school, chronic absence is an early warning sign of high school dropout.

Attendance in the Early Grades

  • Many of our youngest students miss 10 percent of the school year-about 18 days a year of just two days every month. Chronic absenteeism in kindergarten, and even preK, can predict lower test scores, poor attendance and retention in later grades, especially if the problem persists for more than a year. Do you know how many young children are chronically absent in your school or community?
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  • Families Role

  • Excused vs. Unexcused Absences

  • RSS Attendance Policy