Homeless Youth Chronic Absenteeism

The latest annual K-12 public school chronic absenteeism rate by ethnicity

This report displays the 2018–19, K–12 homeless youth, public school chronic absenteeism rate by ethnicity.

PLEASE BE ADVISED: No reports due to the determination by the California Department of Education (CDE) that the data are not valid and reliable for the 2019–20 academic year. This is due to the manner in which absenteeism data are collected in the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) that impacts the integrity of the data and related calculations for any period of time other than the full academic year. For more information about the impact of COVID-19 on data reporting for the 2019–20 academic year, please visit the CDE COVID-19 and Data Reporting webpage.

Ethnicity	Cumulative Enrollment	Chronic Absenteeism Eligible Enrollment	Chronic Absenteeism Count	Chronic Absenteeism Rate
African American	24,863	23,954	10,005	41.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native	2,091	2,035	814	40.0%
Asian	7,464	7,377	673	9.1%
Filipino	3,548	3,519	408	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	188,050	185,350	41,364	22.3%
Pacific Islander	1,712	1,675	603	36.0%
White	31,763	31,159	8,992	28.9%
Two or More Races	7,712	7,538	2,528	33.5%
Not Reported	2,066	2,012	637	31.7%
Total	269,269	264,619	66,024	25.0%

For greater filtering capabilities please visit the DataQuest report, 2018-19 Chronic Absenteeism Rate and follow these steps:

Select "Report Options and Filters" to narrow the data report
- Under "Report Selection", the Report Type, County, and Year can be changed as desired.
- Under "Report Filters", the School Type, Gender, English Learner, Disability can be selected as desired
- Under "Program Subgroups" select "Homeless"

Display Options will vary depending on the report. Options include viewing the data as percents or numbers or sorting the data by column ascending or descending.

Source: Absenteeism and Cumulative Enrollment data were submitted and certified by local educational agencies (LEAs) and/or charter schools as part of the annual California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) End of Year (EOY) 3 submission.

Questions: Data Reporting Office | dro@cde.ca.gov | 916-327-0219

Last Reviewed: Wednesday, July 12, 2023

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