Kansas · EDFacts 2021-22

Chronic Absenteeism in Kansas

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

Compiled from official source data by .
92.2%
Highest rate
71
Schools above 50%
100
Schools ranked

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The 100 Kansas schools listed here average 56.3% chronic absenteeism, against a national school average of 29.5%, and 71 of them sit above the 50% critical line.

56.3%
average across these 100 schools
29.5%
national school average
92.2%
highest rate (Central School)
71
schools above 50%
# School Absent %
1 Central School Atchison 92.2%
2 Pleasant Ridge High Easton 91.7%
3 Gc Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall Garden City 87.4%
4 Argentine Middle Kansas City 85.0%
5 Irving Elem Winfield 84.2%
6 Iola Middle School Iola 76.9%
7 F L Schlagle High Kansas City 76.2%
8 Anthony Elementary Leavenworth 75.5%
9 Rock Hills Jr/Sr High School Mankato 74.3%
10 Earl Lawson Early Education Center Leavenworth 74.1%
11 Haysville Middle School Haysville 71.8%
12 Lawrence Liberty Memorial Central Mid School Lawrence 71.5%
13 Washington High Kansas City 71.2%
14 Richard Warren Intermediate School Leavenworth 66.7%
15 Stockton High Stockton 66.3%
16 Stony Point South Kansas City 64.0%
17 Cheylin Jr/Sr High Bird City 62.9%
18 Hope Street Charter Academy Topeka 62.1%
19 Cherryvale Sr / Middle School Cherryvale 61.0%
20 Herington Middle Sch Herington 60.9%
21 Iola Sr High Iola 60.8%
22 Nickerson Elem Nickerson 59.6%
23 Grant Elem Kansas City 59.5%
24 Lawrence High Lawrence 58.7%
25 Freeman Elem Haysville 58.2%
26 Carl B. Bruce Middle School Kansas City 58.0%
27 Macksville High Macksville 58.0%
28 Highland Park High Topeka 57.7%
29 Osawatomie Middle School Osawatomie 57.4%
30 Salina High Central Salina 57.2%
31 Arkansas City Middle Sch Arkansas City 56.7%
32 Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Ctr Garden City 56.4%
33 Yates Center High Yates Center 56.4%
34 Mead Middle School Wichita 56.3%
35 Noble Prentis Elem Kansas City 56.0%
36 Herington High Herington 56.0%
37 Rosedale Middle Kansas City 55.9%
38 Turner High Kansas City 55.7%
39 Rex Elem Haysville 55.2%
40 Haysville West Middle School Haysville 55.0%
41 Lindbergh Elem Kansas City 54.6%
42 Leavenworth Sr High Leavenworth 54.3%
43 Douglass Elem Kansas City 54.0%
44 Capital City Topeka 53.7%
45 Winfield High Winfield 53.4%
46 West Park Elementary School Kansas City 53.4%
47 D D Eisenhower Middle Kansas City 53.2%
48 Prairie Elementary School Haysville 53.1%
49 Hamilton Middle School Wichita 52.8%
50 Truesdell Middle School Wichita 52.7%
51 David Brewer Elementary Leavenworth 52.7%
52 Emerson Elem Kansas City 52.6%
53 South Gray High Montezuma 52.5%
54 Seymour Rogers Middle School Liberal 52.3%
55 Northern Heights Allen 52.0%
56 Caney Valley High Caney 51.9%
57 Clark Elem Wichita 51.9%
58 Richard Warren Middle School Leavenworth 51.8%
59 Country View Elem Winfield 51.8%
60 Eugene Ware Elem Kansas City 51.7%
61 West High Wichita 51.6%
62 John Fiske Elem Kansas City 51.6%
63 Lowell Elem Winfield 51.4%
64 Hadley Middle School Wichita 51.1%
65 Clifton-Clyde Sr High Clyde 51.0%
66 Nelson Elem Haysville 50.9%
67 Gloria Willis Middle School Kansas City 50.7%
68 Winfield Middle School Winfield 50.7%
69 Burlingame Junior/Senior High Burlingame 50.3%
70 Arkansas City High Arkansas City 50.1%
71 Onaga Elem Onaga 50.0%
72 Lyons High School Lyons 49.8%
73 Bertram Caruthers Elem Kansas City 49.7%
74 Horton High Horton 49.7%
75 Henry Leavenworth Leavenworth 48.8%
76 Thomas a Edison Elem Kansas City 48.8%
77 Pleasanton High Pleasanton 48.8%
78 Mclouth High McLouth 48.8%
79 Udall Elem Udall 48.8%
80 Central Middle Kansas City 48.6%
81 Emporia Middle School Emporia 48.3%
82 Cottonwood Elementary School Liberal 48.2%
83 Billy Mills Middle School Lawrence 48.2%
84 Nickerson High Nickerson 48.2%
85 Welborn Elem Kansas City 48.0%
86 South High Wichita 47.9%
87 Medicine Lodge Jr/Sr High School Medicine Lodge 47.8%
88 Prairie Park Elem Lawrence 47.7%
89 Lyons Park Elementary Lyons 47.6%
90 Eisenhower Middle School Topeka 47.5%
91 Satanta Jr-Sr High Satanta 47.4%
92 Curtis Middle School Wichita 47.3%
93 Mckinley Elementary School Kansas City 47.3%
94 Walton Rural Life Center Walton 47.0%
95 Field Kindley High Coffeyville 46.8%
96 Eisenhower Middle School Liberal 46.7%
97 Wilson Junior/Senior High School Wilson 46.6%
98 Chetopa High Chetopa 46.6%
99 Natoma High (6-12) Natoma 46.6%
100 Fort Scott Sr High Fort Scott 46.5%
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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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