This data is a subset of the marylandedu::msde_attendance dataset.
Format
A data frame with 5,585 rows and 18 variables:
year
School year or academic year, e.g. 2019 for 2019-2020 school year
school_number
School number (0 indicates all schools)
school_name
School name
grade_range
Grade range used for attendance details.
attend_rate_pct
Attendance rate as defined as the average daily attendance rate of students in the school and grade band, including special education students
days_attended_count
Total number of students in attendance from the first day of school through April 13th
days_member_count
Total number of students registered to attend from the first day of school through April 13th
fewer_5_pct
Percent of students absentee rate is the percentage of students absent from school for five or fewer days between the first day of the school year and the last day of the school year
fewer_5_count
Count of students absentee rate is the percentage of students absent from school for five or fewer days between the first day of the school year and the last day of the school year
more_20_pct
Percent of students absentee rate is the percentage of students absent from school for twenty or more days between the first day of the school year and the last day of the school year
more_20_count
Number of students absentee rate is the percentage of students absent from school for twenty or more days between the first day of the school year and the last day of the school year
more_90_member_count
Number of students with an attendance rate of 90 percent or more
chronic_absentee_count
Number of students expected to attend school for at least 10 days who were absent 10 percent or more of the school days while enrolled at that school
chronic_absentee_denom
Number of students who are expected to attend school for at least 10 days in the school year
chronic_absentee_pct
Chronic absenteeism rate as defined as the percent of students expected to attend school for at least 10 days who were absent 10 percent or more of the school days while enrolled at that school
date_created
Date record created.
lss_number
Local school system (LSS) number as integer. NA is used in place of a LSS number for statewide data. Older LEA numbers are combined with LSS numbers in this dataset.
lss_name
Local school system (LSS) names (typically same as county name). "State" is used in place of a LSS name for statewide data. Older LEA names are combined with LSS names in this dataset.