Chronic Absenteeism in District of Columbia

Top 100 schools ranked by chronic absenteeism rate. 88 schools have critical rates above 50%.

69.2%
State Average
national: 30.9%
88
Critical Schools
>50% absent
100.0%
Worst Rate
Kipp Dc - College Preparatory Pcs
100
Schools
# School Absent %
1 Kipp Dc - College Preparatory Pcs 100.0%
2 Ballou Hs 100.0%
3 Goodwill Excel Center Pcs 100.0%
4 Roosevelt Stay Hs 100.0%
5 Kipp Dc - Heights Academy Pcs 100.0%
6 Rocketship Pcs - Rise Academy 100.0%
7 Kelly Miller Ms 100.0%
8 Digital Pioneers Academy Pcs - Johenning 100.0%
9 Ballou Stay Hs 100.0%
10 Anacostia Hs 100.0%
11 Kramer Ms 100.0%
12 The Seed Pcs of Washington Dc 99.6%
13 Walker-Jones Education Campus 94.2%
14 Kipp Dc - Valor Academy Pcs 90.3%
15 Kipp Dc - Quest Academy Pcs 89.4%
16 St. Coletta Special Education Pcs 89.2%
17 The Children'S Guild Dc Pcs 89.0%
18 Dunbar Hs 88.5%
19 Kipp Dc - Honor Academy Pcs 86.6%
20 Kipp Dc - Northeast Academy Pcs 86.4%
21 Luke C. Moore Hs 85.8%
22 H.D. Woodson Hs 85.7%
23 Kipp Dc - Lead Academy Pcs 84.8%
24 Kipp Dc - Spring Academy Pcs 84.6%
25 Rocketship Pcs - Legacy Prep 84.2%
26 Hope Community Pcs - Tolson 83.2%
27 Ron Brown College Preparatory Hs 83.2%
28 Kipp Dc - Key Academy Pcs 79.1%
29 Kipp Dc - Aim Academy Pcs 78.9%
30 Kipp Dc - Will Academy Pcs 78.9%
31 Eastern Hs 77.3%
32 Cardozo Education Campus 77.3%
33 Bard Hs Early College Dc (Bard Dc) 77.3%
34 Roosevelt Hs 76.5%
35 King Es 75.1%
36 Dc Scholars Pcs 74.1%
37 Washington Leadership Academy Pcs 73.3%
38 Friendship Pcs - Blow Pierce Middle 72.3%
39 Patterson Es 72.3%
40 Malcolm X Es at Green 71.2%
41 Maya Angelou Pcs - Hs 71.1%
42 Mckinley Ms 71.0%
43 Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy 70.3%
44 Savoy Es 70.0%
45 Friendship Pcs - Chamberlain Middle 69.9%
46 Macfarland Ms 69.1%
47 Sousa Ms 69.1%
48 E.L. Haynes Pcs - Hs 68.8%
49 Eagle Academy Pcs - Congress Heights 68.0%
50 Hendley Es 67.8%
51 Excel Academy 67.2%
52 Johnson Ms 67.1%
53 Stanton Es 67.0%
54 Capital Village Pcs 67.0%
55 Center City Pcs - Shaw 66.8%
56 Coolidge Hs 63.9%
57 Kimball Es 63.9%
58 Center City Pcs - Trinidad 63.7%
59 Kipp Dc - Promise Academy Pcs 62.7%
60 Friendship Pcs - Southeast Middle 60.8%
61 Friendship Pcs - Armstrong Middle 60.8%
62 Kingsman Academy Pcs 60.1%
63 Duke Ellington School of the Arts 58.6%
64 E.L. Haynes Pcs - Ms 58.1%
65 Center City Pcs - Capitol Hill 58.0%
66 Meridian Pcs 57.6%
67 Idea Pcs 57.4%
68 Friendship Pcs - Chamberlain Elementary 57.0%
69 Social Justice Pcs 56.7%
70 Mary Mcleod Bethune Day Academy Pcs 56.5%
71 Garfield Es 56.3%
72 Girls Global Academy Pcs 56.3%
73 Jefferson Ms Academy 56.2%
74 Lorraine H. Whitlock Es 56.2%
75 Friendship Pcs - Southeast Elementary 55.5%
76 Ketcham Es 54.9%
77 Simon Es 54.1%
78 Friendship Pcs - Blow Pierce Elementary 53.9%
79 Hart Ms 52.7%
80 Ida B. Wells Ms 52.6%
81 Browne Education Campus 51.6%
82 Turner Es 51.4%
83 Thomas Es 51.3%
84 Friendship Pcs - Ideal Middle 51.2%
85 Friendship Pcs - Technology Preparatory Hs 51.1%
86 Harmony Dc Pcs - School of Excellence 51.1%
87 Ingenuity Prep Pcs 50.4%
88 Dc Prep Pcs - Benning Ms 50.0%
89 Paul Pcs - International Hs 49.4%
90 Moten Es 49.1%
91 Wheatley Education Campus 49.0%
92 River Terrace Education Campus 48.0%
93 Mckinley Technology Hs 47.2%
94 Smothers Es 46.0%
95 Nalle Es 44.9%
96 Monument Academy Pcs 44.3%
97 Bridges Pcs 43.8%
98 I Dream Pcs 43.4%
99 Kipp Dc - Grow Academy Pcs 42.9%
100 Leckie Education Campus 42.8%
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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 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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