2018-19 Chronic Absenteeism and Discipline
Tennessee public school students are considered chronically absent if they are absent for 10 percent or more instructional days for any reason, including excused absences and out-of-school suspensions. The chronic absenteeism rate is the percent of students who are chronically absent. Excessive absences from school represent lost instructional time for a student. Due to the impacts of COVID-19, absenteeism data was only partially collected in the 2019-20 school year and is not comparable to prior years. As a result, chronic absenteeism information on this page reflects the latest comparable information available, from the 2018-19 school year.
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2018-19 Student Discipline Indicators
This section displays information about student discipline, including in-school suspensions, out-of-school suspensions, and expulsions in the figures below.