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Chronic absence is still far above where it was before the pandemic
Colorado's own count, on the state's collection — a different collection from the federal one, reporting a different figure for the same year, so the two are never mixed. Chronically absent means missing at least a tenth of the school year.
Chronic absenteeism rate — earliest year published
18.6% FACT
2016-17 · Colorado Department of Education, Office of Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagement
The difference
9.8 points CALC
2024-25 · Colorado Department of Education, Data Services
28.4% − 18.6% = 9.8 points
Every year of this series, on the Education page
Where these figures come from
- Colorado Department of Education, Data Services — 2024-2025 Attendance Rate, Truancy Rate and Chronic Absenteeism by State, Grade, IPST (opens in a new tab)
- Colorado Department of Education, Office of Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagement — Summary of 2024-25 Attendance data (opens in a new tab)
Data as of 10 October 2026. Every figure here is read from the checked Colorado dataset when this page is built, so a correction to the data corrects this page. Nothing on it was typed by hand.
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