Helios Education Foundation, in partnership with WestEd, headed research on chronic absences rates and found in 2021, one in five K-8 students in Arizona schools was chronically absent. The learning loss from absences, compounded with learning loss from the pandemic, continues to threaten student mobility and drop-out rates.
The analysis found nearly 47,000 suspensions for missing class over a five-year period, with Black, Latino and Indigenous students frequently receiving a disproportionate share.
Sixty Avondale Elementary School District students received a perfect score on the annual Arizona’s Academic Standards Assessment, nearly doubling the results from the year prior.
Earlier this year, data from the state education department showed declines in math and English language proficiency.But the Avondale Elementary School District is seeing some positive changes, as students overcome pandemic-related learning loss.