DataQuest Highlights

This page details the summaries and key takeaways of the 2025–26 End-of-Year Reports, including Graduation Rate, Chronic Absenteeism and Absenteeism by Reason, Suspension Rate, and Stability Rate.

In October 2026, the California Department of Education (CDE) released a multitude of 2025–26 reports through DataQuest as part of its annual end-of-year data release. These reports encompass information on graduation rates, chronic absenteeism rates, suspension rates, stability rates, and other data on California's students. The full list of released reports is available through the DataQuest Schedule web page.

To access further information about the above reports, including key takeaways, resources, and highlights from previously released DataQuest reports, select the links below:

Graduation Rate Reports
Chronic Absenteeism and Absenteeism by Reason Reports
Suspension Rate Reports
Stability Rate Report
Resources
Additional Highlights

2025–26 End-of-Year Reports

Each section below highlights key takeaways from the 2025–26 End-of-Year Reports, focusing on the most important findings of high interest data topics. All data represents information collected from local educational agencies (LEAs). For a summary of data trends, users can also view the End-of-Year Reports Flyer (PDF).

Graduation Rate Reports

The graduation reports include the four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), the five-year cohort graduation rate, as well as the one-year graduate and dropout counts disaggregated by demographic information and graduation outcomes. The CDE Graduate and Dropout Data web page provides users with direct access to the latest reports.

Key Takeaways

• The statewide graduation rate rose to 87.9 percent, up 0.4 percentage points from 2024‒25.
• American Indian or Alaska Native students experienced the largest increase in graduation rates at 4.3 percent, followed by African American students at 1.3 percent and Hispanic or Latino students at 1.1 percent.
• All program participation groups saw an increase in the graduation rates, such as the Socioeconomically Disadvantaged student group which increased by 0.8 percent to 86.6 percent.

Chronic Absenteeism and Absenteeism by Reason Reports

The absenteeism data collected from LEAs is compiled to produce the following two reports that are accessible through the CDE Absenteeism Data web page:

• Chronic Absenteeism Report, which displays information for students who are chronically absent. Students are determined to be chronically absent during the academic year if they were absent for 10 percent or more of the instructional days they were enrolled to attend. While a high percentage of performance is often a typical desired outcome, for chronic absenteeism, having a low percentage of students chronically absent is the desired goal.
• Absenteeism by Reason Report, which provides the reason why students were absent based on four different types of absences: excused absence, unexcused absence, out-of-school suspension, and incomplete independent study. Because this report includes students who were absent at least once during the academic year, users can use filters to view the data for students who are chronically absent versus non-chronically absent.

Key Takeaways

• The statewide chronic absenteeism rate fell 1.1 percentage points to 18.3 percent in 2025–26, representing a continual decrease since 2021–22.
• Chronic absenteeism rates fell for all race/ethnicities, except for Asian, Pacific Islander, and Not Reported categories.
• Chronic absenteeism rates also fell for all program groups, including English Learners, Foster Youth, Homeless Youth, Migrant Youth, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged, and Students with Disabilities.
• The statewide average days absent for all students decreased from 12.8 days in 2024–25 to 12.4 days in 2025–26, representing a continual decrease since 2021–22.

Suspension Rate Reports

These reports provide both a total count of suspensions, an unduplicated count of students suspended, as well as the percent of students suspended once or multiple times during an academic year. Suspension data are also available by suspension type (in-school, out-of-school), whether the suspension is "defiance only", and available by serious offense categories. The CDE Discipline Data web page provides users with direct access to the latest reports.

Key Takeaways

• The statewide suspension rate fell 0.1 percentage points to 2.8 percent in 2025‒26.
• Suspension rates for all ethnicities fell, except for Asian and White student groups which maintained their 2024‒25 rates.
• Similarly, suspension rates for all program groups fell, except for Homeless Youth which maintained its 2024‒25 rate.

Stability Reports

The Stability Rate Report includes a stability rate that is defined as the percentage of all students enrolled during the academic year (July 1 – June 30) who completed a "full year" of learning in one school. Stability and non-stability counts and rates are displayed in the report for schools, LEAs, counties, and the state by demographic information and grade level. The CDE Stability Rate Data web page provides direct access to the latest reports.

Key Takeaways

• The statewide stability rate increased by 0.8 percent to 92.3 percent in the 2025‒26 academic year.
• The African American demographic group saw a rise of 0.9 percent in their stability rates, slightly above statewide gains.

Resources

Provided below are CDE web pages and communication links to the most up-to-date DataQuest topics:

• DataQuest Schedule: Provides an overview of upcoming DataQuest reports expected for release in the coming year.
• DataQuest Update: Informs users about released reports, new reports, downloadable data files, enhancements, changes to DataQuest, and tips on how to use DataQuest.

Additional Highlights

The DataQuest Highlights web page is continuously updated with the most recent publicly available DataQuest reports. Please select the link below to access the previous highlighted reports:

• 2025–26 Certificated Staff Reports
• 2024–25 Reclassified Fluent English Proficient Rate
• 2025–26 Annual Enrollment Reports
• 2024–25 End-of-Year Reports
• 2024–25 Certificated Staff Reports
• 2024–25 Annual Enrollment Reports
• 2023–24 End-of-Year Reports