Key Midyear Attendance Trends from the 2025–26 School Year
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When we took away the clerical piece of attendance interventions, principals became more connected to students and families. They started to recognize the real-life barriers to attendance. Now, they’re connected to people and not paper.Dr. Margie Boulware
Executive Director of Special Programs, Corsicana ISDSchoolStatus is a powerhouse data and communication tool.Chad Shealy
Superintendent, Vicksburg Warren School DistrictHaving a student’s data and family communication on a single screen means that we’re seeing issues sooner, and then can address those issues immediately.Elizabeth Lalor
Elizabeth Lalor, Deputy Superintendent for Educational Support & School AdministrationAs an administrator, I want to make sure that if a kid's not there, I want my teachers to call the families before we get a whole administrative intervention and counselors involved. And if all of your communication comes through SchoolStatus, which it does in my district, I can see it all—it’s all right there.Chad Shealy
Superintendent, Vicksburg Warren School DistrictSchoolStatus is a powerhouse data and communication tool.Chad Shealy
Superintendent, Vicksburg Warren School DistrictWe’ve saved hundreds of hours of staff time, and I’m sure many more for our parent community. By digitizing and automating everything through [SchoolStatus Forms & Flows], there’s no more populating information from the DOE into forms by hand.Renny Fong
Principal at PS 130 Hernando De Soto (Manhattan)[SchoolStatus Boost: Inspire] has played a huge role in our continuous learning and coaching process, which has led to the observed professional growth of our teachers.Josh Snyder
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SchoolStatus has provided us a tool to make communication easier, more transparent, and quantifiable.Dr. Ron Brown
Former Superintendent, Lumpkin County SchoolsWe’ve seen an over 50% decrease in chronic absenteeism, which is the statewide goal. We’re already there, in just one year of work.Jessica Hull
Executive Director of Communication and Community Engagement, Roseville City School DistrictThe help [SchoolStatus] gave us was amazing; I’ve never before received help like that from any company. Honestly, we feel like we want to stay with [SchoolStatus] forever.Dina Testa
Assistant Principal, Intermediate School 7 at NYCDOEEveryone wins when you stay in the loop, and SchoolStatus Connect really helped me make that happen while also saving me time.Ellen Zissis
First Grade Teacher, Chartiers Valley Primary SchoolOur families now feel that they’re not alone. They know we want to talk with them. That’s why we’re using SchoolStatus Connect.Maureen Brown
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It's exciting to contribute to something that supports both educators and students in such a direct, measurable way.Casey Bevins
Senior Visual DesignerI like the ease with which I can contact families using my own personal phone without giving out my personal number. I also like that the student's contacts are readily available. This platform works well for families to contact us, too. We can truly partner in the student's education and work towards a goal that works for all.Abigail S.
TeacherWe’ve seen an over 50% decrease in chronic absenteeism, which is the statewide goal. We’re already there, in just one year of work.Jessica Hull
Executive Director of Communication and Community Engagement, Roseville City School District
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School Leaders
Use Data to Drive Attendance and Family Engagement
Connect families and educators around the attendance, academic, and literacy topics that matter most. SchoolStatus provides a suite of data-backed attendance solutions and family engagement tools to help you make informed decisions and get students back to class.
How SchoolStatus Supports School Leaders
Improve Attendance
Send automated interventions before students become chronically absent. Just one of our interventions improves attendance by 34%.
Built Trust with Families
Help families feel connected through your school website, newsletters, texts, emails, and a parent app, all translated into 130+ languages.
Make Data-Informed Decisions
Centralize all student data in one place. Use connected insights to identify the students who are falling behind and act quickly to resolve issues.
“With SchoolStatus we see a record of everything, every text that was sent, every phone call that was there, every voicemail that was left…It takes the excuses away. It’s easy. Everything’s all in one place.”
Whittney McPhersonAssistant Principal of Curriculum and Instruction, Lumpkin County School District
Learn how a focus on family communication led to academic success at Lumpkin County.
Stay Informed of Everything Happening in Your School
Engage Families with Personalized Outreach
Give educators access to student data and family communications in one place, so every message feels personalized and informed. When families know how their child is performing and what they can do to help at home, you build trust and accelerate student progress.
Reverse Chronic Absenteeism with Automated Attendance Interventions
SchoolStatus frees up staff time so your team can focus on connecting with the families and students that need the most support. See which students are at risk of chronic absenteeism within the first 60 days of school with Early Warning Insights. Automate mailed or digital interventions, proven to improve attendance by 34%. And schedule conferences to get to the heart of attendance barriers.
Understand Data Schoolwide
Spot trends, track attendance, and get a complete view of students with centralized data, integrated with your SIS. The Student Card makes it easy to see a holistic picture, including attendance, academic, and behavioral data. Intuitive dashboards and customizable reporting help you see trends by class, grade, date of the week, and across the whole school.
FAQs
How can SchoolStatus solutions work to engage families?
Our solutions can assist in a variety of ways, including:
- Send targeted, relevant messages to specific classroom groups and families directly, as well as schoolwide messages and newsletters through text message, emails, or in-app messages using SchoolStatus Connect.
- Digitize all of your school forms so families and staff can fill them out on their phones, tablets, or computers, in the language of their choice. Reduce printing costs, collect payments, and see form completions in real time with SchoolStatus Forms & Flows.
- Send automated digital interventions and two-way text messages in more than 130 languages. Messages sent from SchoolStatus Attend allow you to communicate with families digitally and get to the “why” behind absences.
Can SchoolStatus communications be translated?
Yes! We provide automatic translation in more than 130 languages. That means families can read messages, texts, and emails sent through SchoolStatus Connect, attendance interventions from SchoolStatus Attend, newsletters from Smore, website content on SchoolStatus Sites, and forms through SchoolStatus Forms & Flows in the language of their choice.
What types of attendance communications can I send?
Through SchoolStatus, administrators and educators can send:
- Automated attendance letters and postcards
- Emailed interventions and resources for families
- Daily attendance notifications
- Two-way messages between schools and families to better understand absences
- Conference scheduling and tracking
What’s the value of a holistic attendance platform?
Attendance records, data, and communication tools have historically lived in separate systems and require intensive, manual processes in which to execute. SchoolStatus is a hands-on partner to help identify, prevent, and act on attendance issues in real time from a centralized location.
