Segue Institute
Only 8 of 60 Districts Have Recovered to Pre-COVID Absence Levels
Rhode Island's #AttendanceMattersRI campaign earned the state a ranking of fifth nationally for the sharpest decline in chronic absenteeism. The headline numbers are real: the statewide rate dropped f...
Barrington's 7.6%: How Rhode Island's Wealthiest Suburb Keeps Chronic Absence in Single Digits
When COVID drove Rhode Island's chronic absenteeism to 34.10% in the 2021-22 school year, Barrington peaked at 9.46%. Less than one in ten students missed 10% or more of school days — in a year when o...