Attendance data from the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE). The
original CSV data files downloaded from MSDE are available in the
data-raw/extdata
folder on the GitHub repo for the package. Any percent
variables with a value of 95 percent should be interpreted as equivalent at
or above 95 percent. Any percent variables with a value of 5 percent should
be interpreted as equivalent to at or below 5 percent. Chronic absenteeism
data is not available prior to 2018 when the federal Every Student Succeeds
Act (passed in 2015) went into effect and Maryland began to include the
chronic absenteeism rate in the state's annual academic report cards.
Variable definitions are based on the definitions from the MSDE website.
Format
A data frame with 33,376 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.