More Maryland schools have chronic absenteeism
More than 20% of students were chronically absent in over 75% of Maryland schools during the 21-22 school year. The number of schools with less chronic absenteeism dropped.
Range plot shows changes in rates of chronic absence for Maryland students from the 2017-18 school year to 2021-2022, the percentage of students with extreme chronic absence (or those missing 30+% of classes) has increased 31%.
