Connecticut · EDFacts 2021-22

Chronic Absenteeism in Connecticut

The 100 schools with the highest chronic absenteeism rates in Connecticut, ranked by the share of students missing 15 or more school days a year.

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

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The 100 Connecticut schools listed here average 54.3% chronic absenteeism, against a national school average of 29.5%, and 48 of them sit above the 50% critical line.

54.3%
average across these 100 schools: 29.5%
national school average: 86.7%
highest rate (Augusta Lewis Troup School): 48
schools above 50%

#	School	Enrollment	Status	Absent %
1	Augusta Lewis Troup SchoolNew Haven	300	Critical	86.7%
2	Davis Academy for Arts & Design InnovationNew Haven	489	Critical	86.5%
3	Windham Center SchoolWindham	176	Critical	85.8%
4	Conte/West Hills Magnet SchoolNew Haven	496	Critical	83.1%
5	Wexler/Grant Community SchoolNew Haven	194	Critical	83.0%
6	Milner Middle SchoolHartford	261	Critical	80.1%
7	Aces at ChaseWaterbury	556	Critical	78.4%
8	Truman SchoolNew Haven	460	Critical	76.5%
9	Betsy Ross Arts Magnet SchoolNew Haven	348	Critical	73.0%
10	Hartford Public High SchoolHartford	698	Critical	72.5%
11	Engineering - Science University Magnet SchoolWest Haven	608	Critical	72.5%
12	Lincoln-Bassett SchoolNew Haven	236	Critical	71.6%
13	New Haven AcademyNew Haven	321	Critical	70.7%
14	Mcdonough Middle SchoolHartford	301	Critical	70.4%
15	High School in the CommunityNew Haven	251	Critical	69.7%
16	Clinton Avenue SchoolNew Haven	446	Critical	69.3%
17	Burr Middle SchoolHartford	259	Critical	67.2%
18	Metropolitan Business AcademyNew Haven	380	Critical	67.1%
19	Weaver High SchoolHartford	721	Critical	67.0%
20	Bulkeley High SchoolHartford	552	Critical	66.8%
21	Bishop Woods Architecture and Design Magnet SchoolNew Haven	408	Critical	64.5%
22	Quinebaug Middle CollegeDanielson	144	Critical	63.9%
23	Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts High School - Full DayHartford	403	Critical	63.8%
24	Achievement First Hartford AcademyHartford	907	Critical	63.6%
25	Global Communications AcademyHartford	414	Critical	63.5%
26	Sand SchoolHartford	266	Critical	62.4%
27	Wilby High SchoolWaterbury	1,196	Critical	62.0%
28	Arts at the Capitol Theater Magnet School (Act)Willimantic	123	Critical	61.8%
29	Ross/Woodward SchoolNew Haven	562	Critical	61.6%
30	Rawson SchoolHartford	198	Critical	61.1%
31	Burns Latino Studies AcademyHartford	251	Critical	61.0%
32	Natchaug SchoolWillimantic	234	Critical	60.3%
33	A. I. Prince Technical High SchoolHartford	725	Critical	59.7%
34	King/Robinson Magnet SchoolNew Haven	412	Critical	59.7%
35	M. L. King Jr. Middle SchoolHartford	184	Critical	58.7%
36	Driggs SchoolWaterbury	410	Critical	57.8%
37	Cooperative High School - Inter-District MagnetNew Haven	560	Critical	56.8%
38	Sound SchoolNew Haven	332	Critical	55.4%
39	Crosby High SchoolWaterbury	1,453	Critical	54.6%
40	Wish Museum SchoolHartford	297	Critical	54.5%
41	Windham High SchoolWillimantic	633	Critical	53.9%
42	M. D. Fox SchoolHartford	562	Critical	53.7%
43	Pathways Academy of Technology and DesignEast Hartford	359	Critical	51.3%
44	Parkville Community SchoolHartford	351	Critical	50.7%
45	Achievement First Bridgeport AcademyBridgeport	1,090	Critical	50.6%
46	Slade Middle SchoolNew Britian	781	Critical	50.3%
47	West Side Middle SchoolWaterbury	848	Critical	50.1%
48	Elm City College Preparatory SchoolNew Haven	760	Critical	50.0%
49	Common Ground High SchoolNew Haven	221	High	49.8%
50	John F. Kennedy High SchoolWaterbury	1,391	High	49.4%
51	Mauro-Sheridan Magnet SchoolNew Haven	482	High	49.2%
52	Amistad AcademyNew Haven	1,105	High	48.8%
53	Cloonan SchoolStamford	447	High	48.5%
54	Celentano Biotech Health and Medical Magnet SchoolNew Haven	328	High	48.5%
55	Bennie Dover Jackson Middle SchoolNew London	343	High	48.4%
56	Sprague SchoolWaterbury	344	High	48.0%
57	Science and Technology Magnet Pathway for High School GradesNew London	171	High	48.0%
58	Manchester High SchoolManchester	1,703	High	47.6%
59	Preston Plains SchoolPreston	141	High	47.5%
60	Hamden High SchoolHamden	1,609	High	46.9%
61	Dwight-Bellizzi Dual Language AcademyHartford	651	High	46.9%
62	Kinsella Magnet School of Performing Arts: Pk-8 CampusHartford	435	High	46.2%
63	W. B. Sweeney SchoolWillimantic	212	High	46.2%
64	Hopeville SchoolWaterbury	291	High	46.0%
65	Tourtellotte Memorial High SchoolNorth Grosvenordale	184	High	45.7%
66	Roberto Clemente Leadership Academy for Global AwarenessNew Haven	434	High	45.6%
67	Windham Middle SchoolWillimantic	583	High	45.5%
68	E. C. Goodwin Technical High SchoolNew Britain	690	High	45.2%
69	Bunnell High SchoolStratford	982	High	45.1%
70	Academy of Computer Science and EngineeringEnfield	550	High	44.9%
71	Terryville High SchoolTerryville	337	High	44.8%
72	Benjamin Jepson Magnet SchoolNew Haven	483	High	44.3%
73	Norwalk High SchoolNorwalk	1,494	High	44.2%
74	Sport and Medical Sciences AcademyHartford	463	High	44.1%
75	Thompson Middle SchoolNorth Grosvenordale	262	High	43.9%
76	Capital Preparatory Magnet SchoolHartford	580	High	43.8%
77	Eli Whitney Technical High SchoolHamden	586	High	43.7%
78	Bunker Hill SchoolWaterbury	445	High	43.6%
79	Silver Lane SchoolEast Hartford	203	High	43.3%
80	East Windsor High SchoolEast Windsor	259	High	43.2%
81	Platt Technical High SchoolMilford	749	High	43.1%
82	Beecher SchoolNew Haven	462	High	43.1%
83	John C. DanielsNew Haven	522	High	42.9%
84	Walsh SchoolWaterbury	350	High	42.9%
85	Westbrook High SchoolWestbrook	166	High	42.8%
86	Wilbur Cross High SchoolNew Haven	1,742	High	42.1%
87	Reed SchoolWaterbury	439	High	42.1%
88	Helen Street SchoolHamden	280	High	42.1%
89	Pulaski Middle SchoolNew Britain	839	High	41.8%
90	New London High SchoolNew London	605	High	41.7%
91	Derby High SchoolDerby	360	High	41.7%
92	East Rock Community Magnet SchoolNew Haven	442	High	41.4%
93	Sanchez SchoolHartford	311	High	41.2%
94	F. J. Kingsbury SchoolWaterbury	416	High	41.1%
95	Washington Middle SchoolMeriden	536	High	41.0%
96	Ledyard High SchoolLedyard	731	High	40.9%
97	Hill Central Music AcademyNew Haven	430	High	40.7%
98	Barack H. Obama Magnet University SchoolNew Haven	343	High	40.5%
99	Hill Regional Career High SchoolNew Haven	625	High	40.3%
100	Riverside Magnet School at Goodwin UniversityEast Hartford	481	High	40.3%

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Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts, Chronic Absenteeism Data (SY 2021-22). Schools with fewer than 50 students excluded. Percentage = chronically absent students / total enrollment

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