Key Attendance Trends for the 2024-25 School Year: Insights from 1.3M Students
In 2024, national chronic absenteeism dropped by just 2%. The 2024-25 Attendance Trends Report shows how 172 districts decreased chronic absenteeism by an average 4.4%, over twice the national results.
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While chronic absenteeism continues to plague schools across the U.S., new data from 1.3 million students shows that systematic interventions are working, though results vary widely from elementary to high school.
Highlights:
- Districts using proactive attendance strategies achieved overall chronic absenteeism rates of 20.92%, well below the national average of 23.5%.
- Elementary attendance interventions deliver high returns with a 12.6% improvement in chronic rates in first grade alone
- Chronic rates more than double from 5th grade (14.22%) to 12th grade (32.13%), creating opportunities for targeted intervention when districts track early warning indicators
- 48.4% of students returned to school after one intervention letter
See why implementing systematic, data-driven intervention strategies creates significantly better attendance results.
