Chronic School Absence

Chronic school absence is the proportion of students attending Minneapolis Public High Schools who missed at least 5% of school days (equivalent to 9 or more school days) during the 2012-2013 school year. The higher the percentage, the greater the negative impact on community health. Data are from the MPS online scorecard –

95% attendance

Chronic school absence affects student participation and engagement in school. Regardless of household income, chronic school absence is related to problems learning, poor academic performance, lower standardized test scores and higher high-school dropout rates. Chronic school absence is influenced by many household, school, and community-level factors. Some of these factors are the community prevalence of chronic diseases (such as asthma,; quality and accessibility of the health care system; community safety; poverty and family circumstances; school social environment, including bullying and discrimination); and social cohesion and trust. Chronic School Absence is in the Health Systems and Public Safety domain.

Neighborhoodsort ascending Indicator Value Rank
Windom Park -% -
Windom 30.9% 8
Willard - Hay -% -
Whittier 58.3% 35
West Calhoun -% -
Wenonah 36.6% 14
Webber - Camden 42.2% 23
Waite Park 38.3% 19
Victory 36.6% 14
Ventura Village 96.0% 46
University of Minnesota -% -
Tangletown 48.4% 26
Sumner - Glenwood (Heritage Park) -% -
Steven's Square - Loring Heights 41.9% 22
Standish 49.6% 27
St. Anthony West -% -
St. Anthony East -% -
Shingle Creek 52.8% 31
Sheridan 64.4% 37
Seward 68.2% 40
Regina -% -
Prospect Park - East River Road 73.8% 43
Powderhorn Park 70.7% 42
Phillips West -% -
Page -% -
Northrop -% -
Northeast Park -% -
North Loop -% -
Nicollet Island - East Bank -% -
Near - North -% -
Morris Park -% -
Minnehaha -% -
Midtown Phillips 34.1% 11
Mid - City Industrial -% -
McKinley -% -
Marshall Terrace -% -
Marcy Holmes 29.2% 7
Lynnhurst -% -
Lyndale 33.3% 10
Lowry Hill East 42.3% 24
Lowry Hill -% -
Loring Park 37.9% 18
Longfellow 69.1% 41
Logan Park -% -
Linden Hills 36.7% 17
Lind - Bohanon 51.2% 30
King Field -% -
Kenwood 64.6% 38
Kenny 35.0% 12
Keewaydin 36.6% 14
Jordan 41.1% 21
Humboldt Industrial Area -% -
Howe 50.1% 29
Holland 59.9% 36
Hiawatha 35.2% 13
Hawthorne 44.1% 25
Harrison 88.4% 45
Hale 23.0% 2
Fulton 23.3% 3
Folwell -% -
Field 28.4% 6
Ericsson 31.9% 9
Elliot Park 0.0% 1
East Phillips 100.0% 47
East Isles -% -
East Harriet 27.9% 4
East Calhoun (ECCO) -% -
Downtown West -% -
Downtown East -% -
Diamond Lake -% -
Corcoran 49.9% 28
Cooper -% -
Como 65.5% 39
Columbia Park -% -
Cleveland 55.1% 33
Central 40.3% 20
Cedar Riverside -% -
Cedar - Isles - Dean -% -
Camden Industrial -% -
Calhoun Area Residents Action Group (CARAG) -% -
Bryn - Mawr -% -
Bryant -% -
Bottineau 82.6% 44
Beltrami -% -
Bancroft 57.3% 34
Audubon Park 53.0% 32
Armatage 28.1% 5

Key Citations: 1. Backlund E, Sorlie PD, Johnson NJ. A comparison of the relationships of education and income with mortality: the National Longitudinal Mortality Study. Soc Sci Med. 1999;49(10):1373-84.

 

2. Fowler MG, Johnson MP, Atkinson SS. School achievement and absence in children with chronic health conditions. J Pediatr. 1985 Apr;106(4):683-7.

 

3. Balfanz, R., & Byrnes, V. Chronic Absenteeism: Summarizing What We Know From Nationally Available Data. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Center for Social Organization of Schools. 2012