Reduce chronic school absence among early adolescents — Data - Healthy People 2030

Status: Getting worse

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

Data Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), ED/NCES

8th grade students missing 3+ school days in the past month by

#: Standard errors and confidence intervals are not available for this population group.

†: Target is not applicable for this demographic group.

DSU: Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

DNA: Data have not been analyzed.

DNC: Data for specific population not collected.

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