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32 <br /> 1 Slide#11 <br /> Average Daily Attendance Trends (August-December, <br /> 2023-24 to 2025-26 <br /> 199 <br /> 8P <br /> An intentional focus on <br /> improving attendance has led fib <br /> to higher Average Daily <br /> 0 <br /> Attendance from August through 40 <br /> December across all levels since 4 <br /> 2023-24. <br /> 20 <br /> 0 <br /> E1,:ni Hiddi. Higrt <br /> .2023 24 94.9 94.7 90.7 <br /> •2024-25 95.1 95.0 92.9 <br /> •2925-26 95.3 95.1 41.0 <br /> Chapel Hill-Carrboro City schools I chccs.org Prepared by the Office of Assessment&Research THINK (AND ACT) <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Rodney Trice reported that average daily attendance has remained high across elementary, <br /> 4 middle, and high school levels, consistently in the 90% range. <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Slide#12 <br /> Chronic Absence Trends by Student Group (August- <br /> December, 2023-24 to 2025-26) <br /> 30 <br /> 25 <br /> For six of eight student groups, the <br /> percentage of students with 2° <br /> Chronic Absences(200 or more of 5 <br /> days missed)dropped by 4 <br /> approximately 5 percentage points g ,° <br /> over three years;among Lafinx <br /> students,it decreased by 1.8 5 III <br /> percentage points, and among <br /> Multilingual Learners, it declined in ° All Asian Black Latio, Multiracial Whir, ML sWD <br /> 2024-25 but increased in 2025-26. m2023-24 17.6 11.3 27.1 25.4 17.2 14.1 23.3 29.4 <br /> e 2024-25 145 8.8 24.9 20.8 15.0 11.0 19.3 26.4 <br /> •2025-26 12.7 5.8 21.1 23.6 10.6 8.4 24.8 23.3 <br /> Chapel Hill-Carrboro city schools I chccs.org Prepared by the Office of Assessment&Research THINK (AND ACT) <br /> 7 <br /> 8 Rodney Trice noted that chronic absenteeism has shown a downward trend from 2023-24 <br /> 9 through 2025-26 but called attention to an increase in the 2025-26 year among Latinx students and multi- <br /> 10 language learners. He believes this is due to federal immigration policy, noting that for those two <br />