Warwick
The 16-Point Divide: Urban Rhode Island's Chronic Absenteeism Is Double the Suburbs
In the suburban Rhode Island district of Barrington, 7.64% of students were chronically absent in the 2023-24 school year. Thirty miles north in Woonsocket, the figure was 44.13%.
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...
Providence's 20-Point Turnaround: From 57% to 36% Chronic Absenteeism in Two Years
In the 2021-22 school year, more than half of Providence Public Schools students were chronically absent. The rate — 57.06% — meant that the majority of students in Rhode Island's capital city were mi...