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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce chronic school absence among early adolescents — AH‑07 Data

Status: Getting worse

  Getting worse
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Most Recent Data:
32.0 percent (2022)

Target:
16.4 percent

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
20.3 percent of 8th grade students missed 3 or more whole school days in the last month in 2017

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8th grade students missing 3+ school days in the past month, 2017-2022
(percent)
Decrease desired

Population 2017 2022
Total
20.3
CI 19.9 / 20.7
SE 0.200
32.0
CI 31.4 / 32.5
SE 0.300