Reasons for School Absence in Past Month, by Gender and Grade Level

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California	Percent
California	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	48.3%	39.8%	34.4%	14.9%	50.3%	46.6%	42.9%	24.4%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	20.8%	22.9%	21.7%	22.4%	20.8%	24.5%	22.4%	24.0%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	2.5%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.6%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.7%	0.9%	0.8%	1.3%	0.3%	0.7%	0.6%	1.8%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.7%	1.0%	1.0%	1.4%	1.3%	1.4%	1.4%	4.3%
Had to Work	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.9%	0.1%	0.1%	0.3%	0.8%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	1.0%	0.6%	0.9%	0.3%	1.2%	1.0%	1.0%	2.0%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	1.4%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.9%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.3%	1.1%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.2%	0.2%	0.6%	2.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.4%	0.7%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%	5.6%	0.4%	0.5%	0.5%	8.9%
Was Suspended	10.1%	0.1%	0.2%	46.4%	0.3%	0.3%	0.5%	30.5%
Other Reason	17.5%	9.1%	7.9%	N/A	11.2%	9.4%	9.4%	N/A
Two or More Reasons	N/A	24.7%	32.0%	N/A	13.6%	15.0%	20.1%	N/A

Alameda County	Percent
Alameda County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	54.3%	48.6%	35.9%	13.0%	55.6%	54.7%	46.5%	25.8%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	20.7%	20.5%	20.7%	21.7%	22.5%	21.9%	22.2%	19.8%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.5%	0.7%	0.9%	2.0%	0.4%	0.5%	0.6%	1.1%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.4%	0.5%	0.8%	3.4%	1.1%	1.2%	1.3%	4.1%
Had to Work	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.7%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.7%	0.5%	0.7%	1.1%	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.9%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.8%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.1%	0.2%	0.8%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%	0.5%	0.1%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.1%	0.2%	0.4%	0.8%	0.2%	0.4%	0.7%	1.7%
Was Suspended	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	2.0%
Other Reason	9.0%	7.7%	8.0%	7.7%	8.9%	7.8%	8.2%	10.6%
Two or More Reasons	13.9%	20.6%	31.1%	48.3%	10.0%	12.0%	18.4%	32.2%

Alpine County	Percent
Alpine County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	S	N/A	N/A	N/A	S	N/A	N/A	N/A
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	S	N/A	N/A	N/A	S	N/A	N/A	N/A
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	S	N/A	N/A	N/A	S	N/A	N/A	N/A
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	S	N/A	N/A	N/A	S	N/A	N/A	N/A
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	S	N/A	N/A	N/A	S	N/A	N/A	N/A
Had to Work	S	N/A	N/A	N/A	S	N/A	N/A	N/A
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	S	N/A	N/A	N/A	S	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	S	N/A	N/A	N/A	S	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	S	N/A	N/A	N/A	S	N/A	N/A	N/A
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	S	N/A	N/A	N/A	S	N/A	N/A	N/A
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	S	N/A	N/A	N/A	S	N/A	N/A	N/A
Was Suspended	S	N/A	N/A	N/A	S	N/A	N/A	N/A
Other Reason	S	N/A	N/A	N/A	S	N/A	N/A	N/A
Two or More Reasons	S	N/A	N/A	N/A	S	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amador County	Percent
Amador County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	33.5%	29.0%	30.1%	S	40.2%	39.3%	28.6%	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	25.3%	23.8%	18.7%	S	30.5%	25.8%	27.0%	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.6%	1.0%	0.6%	S	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	S	0.7%	1.1%	6.3%	S
Had to Work	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.9%	1.7%	0.0%	S	1.3%	3.1%	0.0%	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%	S	0.2%	0.9%	3.0%	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.0%	0.5%	0.7%	S	0.9%	1.0%	0.0%	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	1.6%	0.0%	2.2%	S
Was Suspended	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	S
Other Reason	13.4%	10.2%	11.8%	S	11.5%	15.4%	13.7%	S
Two or More Reasons	25.8%	33.0%	37.5%	S	12.7%	13.3%	18.5%	S

Butte County	Percent
Butte County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	46.2%	45.4%	56.3%	15.9%	51.3%	50.7%	45.2%	18.4%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	20.6%	19.7%	25.1%	23.2%	25.8%	24.3%	26.9%	24.6%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	1.0%	0.5%	0.4%	0.8%	0.5%	0.3%	0.7%	0.6%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.9%	0.6%	0.6%	0.0%	0.6%	1.2%	0.4%	2.7%
Had to Work	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.7%	0.3%	1.3%	1.7%	1.2%	1.9%	0.8%	0.5%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.6%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%	0.6%
Was Suspended	0.7%	0.1%	0.1%	0.8%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.9%
Other Reason	11.4%	10.7%	4.8%	7.5%	9.4%	9.2%	9.6%	7.5%
Two or More Reasons	18.1%	22.1%	11.3%	48.4%	10.1%	11.5%	15.5%	43.1%

Calaveras County	Percent
Calaveras County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	40.8%	34.5%	34.1%	20.0%	49.3%	47.0%	43.2%	30.6%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	27.6%	25.2%	23.3%	9.8%	20.7%	26.4%	19.4%	18.1%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.0%	0.8%	0.8%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.9%	3.2%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.7%	0.5%	1.2%	6.2%	0.5%	0.0%	1.8%	6.5%
Had to Work	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	1.1%	0.8%	1.6%	0.0%	1.7%	2.1%	1.4%	1.4%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	1.2%	0.0%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%	0.6%	0.0%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.6%	0.5%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.6%	0.0%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.0%	0.5%	0.9%	0.0%	0.5%	0.7%	0.5%	3.2%
Was Suspended	0.2%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%	1.9%
Other Reason	10.8%	10.7%	10.2%	1.9%	13.4%	8.8%	10.8%	6.9%
Two or More Reasons	18.3%	25.8%	25.2%	62.1%	13.9%	13.5%	19.2%	28.3%

Colusa County	Percent
Colusa County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	56.6%	34.8%	31.3%	S	57.6%	43.5%	47.5%	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	16.5%	18.7%	33.7%	S	18.7%	35.8%	15.0%	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	S	0.9%	2.7%	0.0%	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	2.2%	0.0%	0.0%	S	3.0%	0.0%	0.9%	S
Had to Work	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.0%	5.5%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	2.1%	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	4.2%	0.0%	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.0%	0.0%	1.4%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.0%	2.1%	0.0%	S	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Was Suspended	0.0%	0.0%	1.4%	S	0.0%	2.7%	0.9%	S
Other Reason	14.8%	10.4%	5.5%	S	11.9%	5.4%	19.1%	S
Two or More Reasons	9.7%	28.5%	26.4%	S	7.0%	5.7%	14.3%	S

Contra Costa County	Percent
Contra Costa County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	52.9%	46.4%	34.0%	20.6%	53.6%	52.3%	43.2%	27.1%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	19.5%	21.4%	19.9%	19.0%	22.3%	23.9%	23.4%	17.7%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.7%	1.2%	1.1%	1.4%	0.6%	0.5%	0.6%	1.1%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.4%	0.5%	0.5%	2.1%	0.7%	0.7%	1.2%	1.7%
Had to Work	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.8%	1.0%	0.9%	3.9%	0.8%	0.9%	0.9%	0.4%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	1.2%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	1.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	2.1%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.1%	0.2%	0.7%	0.7%	0.1%	0.3%	0.7%	0.0%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	1.0%	0.2%	0.3%	0.7%	2.6%
Was Suspended	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.6%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	1.4%
Other Reason	10.3%	8.5%	8.6%	2.8%	10.7%	8.7%	9.6%	10.3%
Two or More Reasons	14.6%	20.0%	33.5%	45.8%	10.4%	11.6%	18.9%	34.0%

Del Norte County	Percent
Del Norte County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	26.7%	27.0%	22.1%	S	46.9%	27.2%	40.4%	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	26.7%	24.3%	13.9%	S	21.8%	19.8%	19.3%	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	1.9%	0.0%	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	2.5%	0.8%	0.0%	S	0.0%	2.8%	0.0%	S
Had to Work	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	S	3.1%	2.8%	3.5%	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.0%	0.0%	2.0%	S	0.0%	1.9%	1.7%	S
Was Suspended	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Other Reason	16.7%	11.3%	13.9%	S	11.2%	14.3%	10.5%	S
Two or More Reasons	25.7%	36.6%	48.0%	S	17.0%	29.4%	24.6%	S

El Dorado County	Percent
El Dorado County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	45.9%	41.7%	29.3%	S	46.7%	49.7%	43.4%	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	23.5%	20.4%	19.1%	S	27.7%	21.9%	22.0%	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	S	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.6%	0.8%	1.4%	S	0.7%	0.0%	0.7%	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.5%	0.6%	0.7%	S	0.5%	1.2%	1.2%	S
Had to Work	0.0%	0.4%	0.4%	S	0.0%	0.6%	0.3%	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.6%	0.7%	0.4%	S	0.4%	0.8%	0.6%	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%	S	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	S	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.4%	0.2%	0.7%	S	0.1%	0.1%	0.6%	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.3%	0.2%	0.3%	S	0.1%	0.6%	0.8%	S
Was Suspended	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	S	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	S
Other Reason	11.1%	11.4%	7.9%	S	10.8%	10.3%	8.7%	S
Two or More Reasons	17.0%	23.1%	39.3%	S	12.4%	13.9%	21.1%	S

Fresno County	Percent
Fresno County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Had to Work	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Was Suspended	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Other Reason	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Two or More Reasons	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S

Glenn County	Percent
Glenn County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	41.3%	47.4%	40.7%	S	45.0%	60.6%	48.6%	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	25.5%	18.4%	27.4%	S	30.0%	15.3%	22.1%	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%	S	0.0%	0.8%	2.2%	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	2.2%	1.2%	2.9%	S	0.0%	0.1%	0.7%	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	1.6%	0.8%	0.0%	S	2.9%	0.0%	1.7%	S
Had to Work	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.5%	0.9%	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.0%	0.7%	0.5%	S	2.1%	0.8%	0.1%	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	1.0%	0.0%	2.4%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Was Suspended	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Other Reason	13.9%	14.3%	8.0%	S	12.8%	11.7%	11.4%	S
Two or More Reasons	13.6%	17.3%	16.8%	S	7.0%	10.2%	11.4%	S

Humboldt County	Percent
Humboldt County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	35.9%	30.7%	23.1%	10.5%	48.3%	40.0%	31.9%	17.2%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	23.7%	22.5%	19.0%	17.2%	27.2%	25.8%	21.5%	14.1%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.5%	0.7%	0.8%	2.5%	0.7%	0.9%	0.6%	1.7%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.6%	0.5%	0.9%	0.5%	1.1%	1.4%	1.7%	3.1%
Had to Work	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	1.2%	0.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.5%	0.3%	0.3%	1.5%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.4%	0.0%	0.3%	0.7%	0.2%	0.3%	0.5%	0.9%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.0%	0.0%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	1.8%	0.4%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.1%	0.8%	1.3%	0.0%	0.5%	0.9%	0.5%	2.2%
Was Suspended	0.0%	0.3%	0.5%	3.7%	0.4%	0.4%	0.6%	1.1%
Other Reason	13.1%	10.9%	10.6%	3.4%	9.0%	13.0%	12.9%	9.9%
Two or More Reasons	24.1%	33.2%	42.0%	60.4%	12.1%	17.0%	27.1%	47.3%

Imperial County	Percent
Imperial County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	38.1%	39.0%	29.5%	S	44.2%	43.1%	38.3%	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	24.6%	25.0%	28.7%	S	22.8%	26.2%	24.4%	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.6%	1.0%	0.8%	S	0.7%	0.7%	0.1%	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.8%	1.7%	1.0%	S	1.5%	1.0%	1.6%	S
Had to Work	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	S	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	1.3%	0.5%	0.8%	S	0.7%	0.9%	0.9%	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	S	0.2%	0.3%	0.5%	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.1%	0.1%	0.5%	S	0.1%	0.1%	1.2%	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%	S	0.4%	0.6%	0.5%	S
Was Suspended	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%	S	0.8%	0.6%	0.6%	S
Other Reason	10.0%	6.6%	9.1%	S	10.7%	7.1%	9.3%	S
Two or More Reasons	23.5%	25.3%	29.0%	S	17.8%	18.9%	22.4%	S

Inyo County	Percent
Inyo County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	44.3%	36.9%	16.8%	20.6%	48.2%	43.3%	27.6%	6.6%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	21.5%	17.8%	33.5%	10.3%	14.6%	20.4%	25.4%	32.5%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.8%	0.0%	2.1%	5.2%	1.3%	1.6%	0.0%	2.1%
Had to Work	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.0%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.9%	1.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.6%	2.4%	3.0%	2.0%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%	1.0%	0.0%	2.0%
Was Suspended	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	3.9%
Other Reason	13.7%	14.6%	14.6%	0.0%	15.1%	16.8%	15.9%	11.3%
Two or More Reasons	16.9%	28.0%	32.9%	64.0%	18.2%	12.6%	27.4%	37.7%

Kern County	Percent
Kern County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	46.2%	32.0%	24.5%	17.6%	48.0%	38.1%	35.9%	31.4%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	21.4%	25.3%	23.2%	22.2%	22.5%	27.0%	24.2%	19.3%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	1.0%	0.9%	0.8%	1.9%	0.8%	0.6%	0.5%	0.9%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	1.0%	0.7%	0.8%	2.9%	1.9%	1.6%	1.4%	2.5%
Had to Work	0.1%	0.3%	0.3%	0.1%	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%	0.6%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	1.2%	1.1%	1.0%	1.7%	1.3%	1.2%	1.3%	1.0%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.8%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	1.0%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.6%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.2%	0.3%	0.7%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.5%	0.4%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.2%	0.4%	0.3%	0.9%	0.3%	0.5%	0.6%	0.8%
Was Suspended	0.3%	0.2%	0.3%	1.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.5%	1.5%
Other Reason	10.6%	9.6%	10.1%	9.1%	11.4%	9.9%	10.9%	10.4%
Two or More Reasons	17.4%	28.9%	37.8%	40.9%	12.7%	19.6%	23.2%	29.2%

Kings County	Percent
Kings County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	S	37.4%	26.2%	N/A	S	42.1%	41.8%	N/A
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	S	21.1%	30.1%	N/A	S	25.3%	25.5%	N/A
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	S	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	S	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	S	0.6%	0.7%	N/A	S	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	S	0.0%	0.4%	N/A	S	0.0%	1.4%	N/A
Had to Work	S	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	S	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	S	0.5%	0.8%	N/A	S	1.7%	0.7%	N/A
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	S	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	S	1.0%	0.0%	N/A
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	S	1.1%	0.0%	N/A	S	0.0%	1.3%	N/A
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	S	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	S	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	S	0.5%	0.4%	N/A	S	0.7%	0.6%	N/A
Was Suspended	S	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	S	1.0%	1.2%	N/A
Other Reason	S	12.9%	10.2%	N/A	S	12.4%	10.5%	N/A
Two or More Reasons	S	25.9%	31.2%	N/A	S	15.8%	17.0%	N/A

Lake County	Percent
Lake County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	38.7%	34.5%	28.2%	S	45.3%	41.5%	37.0%	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	24.5%	25.1%	23.0%	S	21.4%	24.6%	29.9%	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	S	0.0%	1.2%	0.0%	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	1.9%	1.1%	0.3%	S	0.7%	1.1%	1.6%	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	1.1%	0.3%	2.7%	S	0.1%	1.4%	0.8%	S
Had to Work	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.5%	0.5%	0.2%	S	3.0%	1.7%	0.3%	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.2%	0.4%	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.0%	0.2%	1.1%	S	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.4%	0.0%	0.5%	S	0.1%	0.7%	0.0%	S
Was Suspended	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	S	0.3%	0.2%	2.3%	S
Other Reason	9.5%	9.7%	8.1%	S	12.2%	10.7%	12.6%	S
Two or More Reasons	23.4%	28.3%	35.8%	S	16.4%	15.8%	15.1%	S

Lassen County	Percent
Lassen County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	42.3%	31.7%	24.9%	N/A	42.5%	49.0%	46.5%	N/A
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	17.5%	15.0%	27.3%	N/A	18.1%	20.9%	18.2%	N/A
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	2.1%	1.0%	1.5%	N/A	1.0%	0.0%	1.5%	N/A
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.6%	1.3%	1.3%	N/A
Had to Work	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	3.0%	0.0%	1.1%	N/A	4.0%	1.6%	0.7%	N/A
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.2%	0.0%	0.5%	N/A
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.5%	0.0%	0.7%	N/A
Was Suspended	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Other Reason	12.4%	15.7%	13.5%	N/A	14.2%	16.4%	4.2%	N/A
Two or More Reasons	21.3%	36.6%	31.8%	N/A	18.5%	10.7%	26.4%	N/A

Los Angeles County	Percent
Los Angeles County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	49.5%	46.3%	36.8%	16.9%	52.2%	50.1%	44.6%	25.9%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	20.8%	19.7%	21.8%	23.8%	23.2%	21.6%	24.1%	25.2%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.4%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.7%	1.0%	2.6%	1.5%	0.3%	0.4%	0.7%	1.1%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.9%	1.0%	1.0%	2.4%	1.3%	1.5%	1.8%	2.9%
Had to Work	0.2%	0.4%	0.3%	0.5%	0.1%	0.4%	0.3%	0.3%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	1.4%	0.8%	1.1%	3.0%	1.0%	1.0%	0.9%	2.0%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.6%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.3%	0.7%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.1%	0.3%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%	0.6%	0.1%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.1%	0.3%	0.3%	0.5%	0.7%
Was Suspended	0.2%	0.3%	0.1%	1.3%	0.3%	0.5%	0.3%	2.3%
Other Reason	9.6%	9.6%	7.7%	9.1%	10.1%	10.2%	9.1%	9.9%
Two or More Reasons	16.2%	20.1%	27.3%	40.4%	10.8%	13.2%	16.4%	28.5%

Madera County	Percent
Madera County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Had to Work	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Was Suspended	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Other Reason	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Two or More Reasons	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S

Marin County	Percent
Marin County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	44.0%	35.4%	25.0%	S	46.6%	43.5%	37.0%	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	27.2%	24.0%	20.1%	S	27.6%	27.3%	22.1%	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	S	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.4%	0.6%	1.1%	S	0.4%	0.4%	0.8%	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.6%	0.4%	0.8%	S	0.6%	0.9%	1.6%	S
Had to Work	0.0%	0.6%	1.1%	S	0.0%	0.3%	0.5%	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.6%	0.7%	0.1%	S	0.3%	0.1%	0.3%	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	S	0.4%	0.1%	0.5%	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	S	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.1%	0.7%	1.5%	S	0.0%	0.0%	1.7%	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.2%	0.2%	0.4%	S	0.4%	0.5%	0.7%	S
Was Suspended	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%	S
Other Reason	11.1%	8.0%	6.3%	S	11.0%	8.4%	9.2%	S
Two or More Reasons	15.5%	29.2%	43.1%	S	12.4%	17.9%	25.4%	S

Mariposa County	Percent
Mariposa County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	55.0%	37.2%	29.8%	N/A	59.9%	54.0%	33.9%	N/A
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	21.5%	22.6%	17.5%	N/A	23.8%	18.1%	24.6%	N/A
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	2.0%	0.0%	3.4%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.0%	2.5%	0.0%	N/A	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Had to Work	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	1.5%	1.4%	0.0%	N/A
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	1.4%	0.0%	N/A
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	2.0%	N/A
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Was Suspended	0.0%	0.0%	1.4%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	3.8%	N/A
Other Reason	9.8%	15.1%	11.0%	N/A	4.7%	7.5%	3.7%	N/A
Two or More Reasons	11.7%	22.5%	37.0%	N/A	8.5%	17.7%	32.1%	N/A

Mendocino County	Percent
Mendocino County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	42.6%	36.2%	28.0%	S	50.5%	43.8%	37.4%	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	26.5%	24.8%	20.0%	S	23.9%	24.6%	25.7%	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.2%	0.9%	0.0%	S	0.6%	2.9%	0.1%	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.9%	1.1%	3.9%	S	0.0%	2.1%	3.5%	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	1.0%	0.5%	2.1%	S	1.6%	1.2%	0.7%	S
Had to Work	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	1.4%	1.7%	0.0%	S	1.5%	2.6%	0.2%	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.9%	0.1%	S	0.0%	0.0%	2.6%	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	S	0.1%	0.5%	0.0%	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.6%	0.0%	3.7%	S	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.0%	0.4%	2.6%	S	1.8%	0.0%	1.9%	S
Was Suspended	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Other Reason	11.4%	11.3%	10.3%	S	10.3%	11.1%	9.1%	S
Two or More Reasons	15.0%	21.9%	29.3%	S	9.0%	10.9%	18.7%	S

Merced County	Percent
Merced County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	45.6%	37.7%	28.4%	S	49.1%	46.2%	42.0%	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	24.0%	25.1%	24.8%	S	21.9%	24.0%	25.1%	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	S	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.5%	0.5%	1.2%	S	0.3%	0.5%	0.9%	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.7%	0.6%	0.7%	S	1.2%	1.5%	1.2%	S
Had to Work	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	1.2%	1.5%	1.3%	S	1.2%	1.1%	1.1%	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	S	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.1%	0.2%	0.4%	S	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%	S	0.4%	0.3%	0.5%	S
Was Suspended	0.1%	0.3%	0.2%	S	0.4%	0.4%	0.6%	S
Other Reason	11.9%	10.8%	10.5%	S	12.0%	11.0%	9.6%	S
Two or More Reasons	15.7%	23.1%	31.9%	S	12.8%	14.6%	18.0%	S

Modoc County	Percent
Modoc County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	64.7%	40.0%	41.1%	N/A	37.6%	41.8%	52.8%	N/A
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	18.0%	14.0%	26.0%	N/A	30.2%	24.5%	19.6%	N/A
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.0%	0.0%	5.5%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.0%	2.5%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	2.9%	N/A
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.0%	0.5%	2.3%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	2.9%	N/A
Had to Work	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.0%	4.2%	7.0%	N/A	4.6%	5.8%	2.9%	N/A
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	2.9%	0.0%	N/A
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	2.9%	0.0%	N/A
Was Suspended	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Other Reason	9.5%	25.3%	7.9%	N/A	16.1%	12.2%	13.0%	N/A
Two or More Reasons	7.7%	13.4%	10.2%	N/A	11.4%	9.8%	5.9%	N/A

Mono County	Percent
Mono County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	44.7%	25.1%	11.1%	S	43.1%	30.5%	39.5%	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	32.2%	28.4%	34.2%	S	19.6%	35.5%	27.6%	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	S	0.0%	0.0%	2.8%	S
Had to Work	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	2.2%	0.0%	3.8%	S	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	3.0%	0.6%	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.0%	0.0%	1.9%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Was Suspended	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Other Reason	10.3%	23.4%	12.9%	S	23.0%	9.1%	11.3%	S
Two or More Reasons	10.4%	23.1%	35.6%	S	12.7%	21.9%	18.2%	S

Monterey County	Percent
Monterey County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	39.6%	36.9%	15.0%	S	46.3%	44.1%	32.1%	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	25.5%	23.6%	35.6%	S	27.1%	26.8%	13.0%	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.7%	1.0%	0.7%	S	0.6%	0.4%	0.1%	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.5%	0.8%	0.4%	S	1.3%	1.7%	2.2%	S
Had to Work	0.1%	0.2%	1.2%	S	0.3%	0.3%	0.1%	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.9%	0.9%	0.1%	S	0.9%	0.7%	11.7%	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	S	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	S	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.3%	0.3%	0.1%	S	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%	S
Was Suspended	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	S	0.2%	0.4%	0.1%	S
Other Reason	12.7%	10.7%	15.1%	S	11.0%	10.2%	7.9%	S
Two or More Reasons	19.0%	25.1%	31.9%	S	11.5%	14.6%	32.4%	S

Napa County	Percent
Napa County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	50.0%	48.0%	40.4%	29.8%	51.1%	52.2%	46.1%	32.0%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	18.7%	19.1%	17.9%	15.2%	19.3%	21.1%	21.5%	22.3%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	1.1%	1.3%	0.6%	1.2%	0.5%	0.5%	0.6%	0.8%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	1.2%	1.2%	1.3%	0.8%	1.5%	1.4%	1.4%	4.8%
Had to Work	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.4%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	1.4%	0.8%	1.1%	0.8%	1.1%	0.3%	0.8%	0.4%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.4%	0.1%	0.4%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.1%	0.1%	0.6%	0.8%	0.2%	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.2%	0.4%	0.5%	1.7%	0.2%	0.3%	0.4%	1.5%
Was Suspended	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%	1.5%	0.2%	0.5%	0.2%	0.7%
Other Reason	12.6%	11.4%	8.0%	10.6%	14.0%	11.3%	9.3%	8.1%
Two or More Reasons	14.3%	17.0%	29.2%	37.7%	11.4%	11.3%	19.1%	28.6%

Nevada County	Percent
Nevada County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	39.6%	37.9%	26.5%	8.8%	43.6%	41.1%	38.0%	16.1%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	19.8%	22.2%	23.7%	9.5%	25.0%	22.7%	27.8%	16.2%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	1.4%	0.5%	1.7%	5.7%	0.6%	0.4%	0.7%	0.0%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.4%	0.9%	0.3%	0.0%	1.3%	0.9%	0.6%	2.6%
Had to Work	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	1.4%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	1.1%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.8%	0.4%	1.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.9%	0.2%	1.8%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.0%	0.6%	0.1%	1.8%	0.4%	0.5%	1.4%	0.5%
Was Suspended	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.7%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	1.4%
Other Reason	12.9%	7.8%	7.8%	10.6%	12.8%	11.9%	12.1%	8.4%
Two or More Reasons	24.6%	29.6%	37.9%	60.4%	14.5%	21.0%	18.2%	51.9%

Orange County	Percent
Orange County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	56.6%	51.0%	40.5%	22.1%	57.8%	57.2%	51.3%	27.5%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	20.0%	20.0%	19.6%	16.3%	21.3%	21.8%	20.9%	19.4%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.5%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.5%	0.8%	1.0%	0.8%	0.3%	0.4%	0.6%	1.7%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.6%	0.8%	1.2%	2.5%	1.0%	0.8%	1.4%	4.7%
Had to Work	0.2%	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.7%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.9%	0.6%	0.6%	2.0%	0.9%	0.5%	0.5%	2.0%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.7%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.4%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.1%	0.2%	0.6%	0.1%	0.1%	0.3%	0.7%	0.6%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%	0.5%	0.2%	0.3%	0.4%	1.7%
Was Suspended	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	1.5%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	1.0%
Other Reason	8.4%	7.6%	7.1%	4.7%	8.5%	7.3%	7.4%	9.4%
Two or More Reasons	12.3%	18.0%	28.1%	49.1%	9.4%	10.7%	15.8%	29.6%

Placer County	Percent
Placer County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	48.7%	51.2%	37.9%	25.0%	52.1%	55.5%	47.0%	40.0%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	22.2%	19.6%	18.8%	18.6%	23.3%	20.5%	23.5%	19.3%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.5%	0.8%	0.7%	2.1%	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%	1.8%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.4%	0.3%	0.4%	2.0%	0.8%	0.7%	1.2%	2.6%
Had to Work	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.6%	0.4%	0.6%	0.6%	0.5%	0.8%	0.8%	1.9%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.4%	1.8%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.1%	0.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.5%	0.0%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%	0.1%	0.4%	1.5%
Was Suspended	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%	0.5%	0.2%
Other Reason	10.7%	10.4%	11.6%	11.5%	11.5%	10.9%	11.1%	8.1%
Two or More Reasons	16.1%	16.2%	28.9%	39.4%	10.6%	10.7%	13.8%	22.6%

Plumas County	Percent
Plumas County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	22.5%	37.7%	26.6%	N/A	37.0%	22.4%	23.8%	N/A
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	43.8%	15.8%	11.1%	N/A	23.6%	24.0%	23.6%	N/A
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.9%	0.0%	3.4%	N/A	3.1%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	6.0%	N/A
Had to Work	0.0%	0.0%	1.5%	N/A	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	N/A
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	5.5%	4.4%	4.8%	N/A	0.8%	2.6%	0.0%	N/A
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.0%	0.0%	3.4%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.0%	1.9%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	3.4%	11.6%	N/A
Was Suspended	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	2.6%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Other Reason	18.4%	17.3%	16.6%	N/A	16.7%	29.9%	20.3%	N/A
Two or More Reasons	8.9%	22.9%	32.6%	N/A	15.5%	17.2%	14.7%	N/A

Riverside County	Percent
Riverside County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	42.6%	37.0%	29.7%	30.1%	46.3%	44.0%	40.7%	32.7%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	21.3%	21.6%	21.3%	18.4%	22.3%	24.0%	23.3%	22.3%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.8%	0.9%	1.1%	1.2%	0.3%	0.7%	0.6%	0.4%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.7%	1.0%	1.2%	0.9%	1.2%	1.5%	1.4%	3.0%
Had to Work	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.4%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	1.3%	1.0%	1.1%	2.3%	1.2%	1.1%	1.1%	1.5%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.2%	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%	0.1%	0.3%	0.4%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.3%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.2%	0.2%	0.6%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.4%	0.3%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.1%	0.4%	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.5%	0.7%	0.8%
Was Suspended	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%	1.3%	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%	1.6%
Other Reason	12.1%	10.7%	10.4%	9.6%	12.7%	10.3%	10.4%	10.9%
Two or More Reasons	20.2%	26.1%	33.5%	35.5%	14.1%	16.4%	20.2%	25.3%

Sacramento County	Percent
Sacramento County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	51.2%	44.8%	36.2%	S	53.3%	50.7%	45.8%	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	18.6%	19.2%	18.8%	S	20.1%	20.6%	20.3%	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	S	0.2%	0.4%	0.4%	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.9%	1.0%	1.3%	S	0.6%	0.6%	1.0%	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.7%	1.1%	1.1%	S	1.0%	1.5%	1.5%	S
Had to Work	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	S	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	1.3%	1.3%	1.4%	S	1.1%	1.3%	1.2%	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	S	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%	S	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.1%	0.2%	0.6%	S	0.3%	0.2%	0.7%	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	S	0.3%	0.5%	0.6%	S
Was Suspended	0.3%	0.5%	0.3%	S	0.4%	0.3%	0.4%	S
Other Reason	10.4%	10.1%	9.9%	S	11.4%	10.2%	9.7%	S
Two or More Reasons	15.8%	21.0%	29.5%	S	11.0%	13.3%	18.1%	S

San Benito County	Percent
San Benito County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	35.9%	53.3%	31.9%	28.5%	41.3%	48.2%	47.5%	14.4%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	28.8%	14.9%	17.7%	18.7%	27.0%	24.9%	20.4%	28.0%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.7%	1.6%	2.0%	4.5%	1.7%	0.3%	0.7%	0.3%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.0%	0.6%	1.6%	0.0%	1.3%	1.6%	1.4%	0.0%
Had to Work	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.5%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%	0.4%	0.7%	0.0%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	2.2%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.8%	0.6%	1.0%	2.2%
Was Suspended	0.1%	0.0%	1.2%	4.5%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%
Other Reason	12.1%	9.0%	8.8%	5.1%	14.8%	13.6%	10.8%	5.4%
Two or More Reasons	21.9%	19.1%	34.0%	38.5%	11.7%	9.8%	16.8%	47.2%

San Bernardino County	Percent
San Bernardino County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Had to Work	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Was Suspended	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Other Reason	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Two or More Reasons	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S

San Diego County	Percent
San Diego County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	46.3%	43.6%	35.2%	20.6%	49.6%	49.2%	45.6%	31.2%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	21.7%	20.5%	21.3%	17.4%	23.8%	23.5%	22.6%	16.4%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	1.7%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.8%	0.9%	1.0%	0.8%	0.4%	0.4%	0.6%	0.4%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.6%	1.0%	1.2%	3.3%	1.1%	1.0%	1.5%	3.5%
Had to Work	0.1%	0.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	1.1%	0.7%	0.9%	2.2%	1.2%	0.9%	0.8%	1.6%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.9%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.9%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%	0.8%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.2%	0.4%	0.6%	0.2%	0.1%	0.3%	0.6%	0.3%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%	0.5%	0.6%	0.8%
Was Suspended	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%	0.7%	0.3%	0.3%	0.5%	1.2%
Other Reason	11.0%	8.8%	8.8%	9.2%	11.4%	9.5%	8.8%	10.3%
Two or More Reasons	17.3%	22.9%	30.1%	43.8%	11.5%	13.7%	17.7%	31.0%

San Francisco County	Percent
San Francisco County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	57.2%	39.9%	43.2%	23.0%	57.5%	56.6%	48.1%	35.9%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	23.4%	24.5%	18.8%	13.7%	19.8%	19.9%	18.5%	11.8%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%	4.1%	0.1%	0.5%	0.9%	1.6%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.5%	0.3%	0.9%	2.0%	0.3%	2.8%	2.9%	5.8%
Had to Work	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.5%	0.2%	1.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.3%	1.2%	0.0%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%	0.6%	0.0%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.0%	1.3%	2.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	4.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	2.9%
Was Suspended	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.7%	1.6%
Other Reason	7.4%	11.3%	7.1%	17.1%	13.3%	14.4%	11.2%	0.0%
Two or More Reasons	10.6%	22.0%	25.9%	36.0%	7.9%	5.3%	15.8%	40.4%

San Joaquin County	Percent
San Joaquin County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	46.0%	35.9%	28.9%	S	49.5%	46.5%	43.0%	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	21.3%	21.3%	27.1%	S	24.0%	20.7%	22.9%	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	S	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%	S	0.3%	0.5%	0.4%	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	1.0%	1.0%	0.7%	S	1.5%	2.1%	1.9%	S
Had to Work	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%	S	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	1.5%	0.7%	0.3%	S	0.8%	0.9%	0.5%	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%	S	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.1%	1.1%	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.3%	0.1%	0.3%	S	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.1%	0.4%	0.1%	S	0.1%	0.5%	0.6%	S
Was Suspended	0.1%	0.4%	0.3%	S	0.5%	0.4%	2.9%	S
Other Reason	10.8%	7.8%	8.2%	S	9.0%	8.9%	5.7%	S
Two or More Reasons	18.0%	31.2%	32.6%	S	13.8%	18.9%	20.4%	S

San Luis Obispo County	Percent
San Luis Obispo County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	39.7%	38.3%	23.9%	14.6%	47.7%	44.2%	40.8%	27.7%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	24.8%	21.6%	19.7%	15.7%	28.6%	24.3%	19.5%	33.3%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.7%	1.2%	0.4%	2.2%	0.3%	0.6%	0.8%	0.9%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.7%	0.8%	1.9%	0.2%	0.9%	0.7%	0.9%	1.8%
Had to Work	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.9%	0.9%	2.0%	0.7%	1.4%	0.7%	1.4%	0.5%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	1.2%	0.8%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%	0.8%	0.0%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.7%	0.4%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.1%	0.3%	0.8%	0.0%	0.1%	0.7%	0.5%	1.4%
Was Suspended	0.2%	0.4%	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	2.4%
Other Reason	14.6%	11.2%	7.6%	4.6%	10.3%	10.6%	12.2%	8.4%
Two or More Reasons	17.7%	24.8%	43.2%	61.2%	10.3%	17.1%	20.5%	22.6%

San Mateo County	Percent
San Mateo County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	48.7%	53.7%	41.1%	S	52.3%	52.5%	51.1%	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	22.1%	20.8%	18.6%	S	23.8%	24.0%	21.9%	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.4%	0.9%	0.9%	S	0.2%	0.3%	0.4%	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.5%	0.2%	0.9%	S	1.0%	0.9%	1.1%	S
Had to Work	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	S	0.2%	0.2%	0.5%	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.7%	0.3%	0.6%	S	0.4%	0.7%	0.3%	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	S	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.1%	0.2%	0.7%	S	0.0%	0.1%	0.3%	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	S	0.3%	0.3%	0.8%	S
Was Suspended	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	S	0.2%	0.3%	0.1%	S
Other Reason	10.4%	7.6%	9.0%	S	10.6%	9.0%	6.5%	S
Two or More Reasons	16.5%	15.9%	27.7%	S	10.6%	11.1%	16.6%	S

Santa Barbara County	Percent
Santa Barbara County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	50.7%	41.7%	38.3%	17.8%	51.6%	48.8%	45.8%	34.0%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	20.3%	22.7%	22.6%	21.2%	21.7%	22.8%	22.5%	15.1%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.5%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.9%	1.2%	0.8%	2.0%	0.3%	0.5%	0.8%	1.2%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.7%	0.9%	0.4%	2.6%	1.0%	1.4%	1.4%	3.9%
Had to Work	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	1.0%	0.8%	1.2%	0.6%	0.9%	0.8%	0.9%	2.0%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.6%	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%	0.1%	0.3%	0.3%	0.5%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.2%	0.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.1%	0.4%	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%	0.7%	0.9%	1.2%
Was Suspended	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%	2.2%	0.5%	0.5%	0.4%	4.3%
Other Reason	11.8%	9.5%	8.5%	7.1%	12.6%	10.2%	9.3%	7.9%
Two or More Reasons	13.5%	22.2%	26.4%	45.1%	10.4%	13.2%	17.0%	29.3%

Santa Clara County	Percent
Santa Clara County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	S	S	S	16.3%	S	S	S	35.0%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	S	S	S	33.3%	S	S	S	26.3%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	S	S	S	0.0%	S	S	S	0.1%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	S	S	S	0.0%	S	S	S	0.1%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	S	S	S	3.1%	S	S	S	5.6%
Had to Work	S	S	S	0.1%	S	S	S	0.1%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	S	S	S	0.1%	S	S	S	0.1%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	S	S	S	0.0%	S	S	S	0.1%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	S	S	S	0.0%	S	S	S	0.1%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	S	S	S	0.0%	S	S	S	0.0%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	S	S	S	0.0%	S	S	S	0.2%
Was Suspended	S	S	S	0.0%	S	S	S	0.2%
Other Reason	S	S	S	15.0%	S	S	S	1.9%
Two or More Reasons	S	S	S	31.9%	S	S	S	30.2%

Santa Cruz County	Percent
Santa Cruz County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	39.4%	39.4%	39.6%	25.5%	44.1%	47.6%	49.1%	27.1%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	25.3%	26.6%	20.5%	14.8%	27.0%	26.9%	25.5%	20.4%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	1.1%	1.2%	0.8%	3.3%	0.3%	0.6%	0.5%	1.3%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.6%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%	0.8%	1.4%	0.6%	0.1%
Had to Work	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.8%	0.3%	0.8%	2.5%	0.4%	0.3%	0.5%	1.1%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.4%	0.0%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.1%	0.1%	0.5%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.0%	0.6%	0.1%	1.5%	0.6%	0.4%	0.2%	0.4%
Was Suspended	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	2.3%	0.4%	0.2%	0.3%	1.8%
Other Reason	10.8%	6.9%	3.9%	6.3%	10.2%	7.9%	6.0%	7.2%
Two or More Reasons	21.5%	23.6%	33.6%	43.3%	15.5%	14.3%	16.3%	40.4%

Shasta County	Percent
Shasta County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	S	25.0%	23.8%	S	S	37.7%	35.7%	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	S	22.4%	24.8%	S	S	25.5%	22.9%	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	S	0.4%	0.0%	S	S	0.0%	0.0%	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	S	2.0%	0.7%	S	S	0.3%	0.7%	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	S	0.4%	0.8%	S	S	1.4%	0.9%	S
Had to Work	S	0.0%	0.0%	S	S	0.2%	0.0%	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	S	0.6%	0.7%	S	S	0.8%	0.7%	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	S	0.0%	0.2%	S	S	0.5%	0.5%	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	S	0.0%	0.2%	S	S	0.3%	0.6%	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	S	0.2%	0.7%	S	S	0.3%	0.3%	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	S	0.0%	0.3%	S	S	0.2%	0.7%	S
Was Suspended	S	0.1%	0.3%	S	S	0.7%	0.7%	S
Other Reason	S	11.3%	9.1%	S	S	11.1%	11.6%	S
Two or More Reasons	S	37.6%	38.4%	S	S	21.1%	24.7%	S

Sierra County	Percent
Sierra County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Had to Work	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Was Suspended	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Other Reason	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Two or More Reasons	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Siskiyou County	Percent
Siskiyou County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	28.9%	28.6%	26.1%	S	43.4%	39.6%	41.3%	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	27.4%	24.3%	14.9%	S	25.0%	26.9%	18.3%	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	2.7%	3.4%	0.2%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.0%	1.6%	0.0%	S	0.4%	1.8%	2.3%	S
Had to Work	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%	S	0.0%	0.0%	4.0%	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	3.1%	1.3%	2.0%	S	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	1.3%	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.2%	0.0%	1.4%	S	0.0%	0.0%	1.1%	S
Was Suspended	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	S
Other Reason	12.6%	10.0%	10.6%	S	16.8%	11.1%	10.8%	S
Two or More Reasons	24.9%	30.8%	43.8%	S	14.6%	20.0%	20.7%	S

Solano County	Percent
Solano County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	45.9%	39.6%	31.6%	13.9%	50.5%	46.0%	43.4%	28.7%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	20.0%	22.0%	18.6%	18.8%	21.5%	23.0%	22.6%	24.0%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.6%	1.1%	1.0%	0.6%	0.5%	0.5%	0.8%	1.0%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.8%	0.5%	0.8%	3.6%	1.6%	1.1%	1.4%	2.2%
Had to Work	0.1%	0.2%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	1.6%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	1.4%	1.1%	1.4%	2.0%	0.7%	1.1%	1.2%	1.0%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%	0.7%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.1%	0.2%	0.9%	0.3%	0.1%	0.3%	0.2%	0.3%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.2%	0.3%	0.1%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	1.3%	0.2%
Was Suspended	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.7%	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.2%
Other Reason	10.4%	9.9%	7.6%	6.3%	11.0%	11.2%	7.6%	4.3%
Two or More Reasons	20.1%	24.8%	37.2%	52.9%	12.9%	14.7%	20.4%	35.7%

Sonoma County	Percent
Sonoma County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	45.1%	41.6%	31.9%	S	50.3%	46.5%	39.5%	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	25.5%	20.3%	21.4%	S	25.0%	28.8%	25.8%	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	S	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	1.1%	1.3%	1.0%	S	0.5%	0.5%	0.4%	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.7%	1.2%	0.7%	S	1.3%	0.5%	1.3%	S
Had to Work	0.0%	0.5%	0.8%	S	0.1%	0.5%	0.4%	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.6%	0.8%	0.5%	S	0.5%	0.4%	0.5%	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.1%	0.1%	0.4%	S	0.1%	0.2%	0.6%	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	S	0.2%	0.4%	0.2%	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.1%	0.4%	0.4%	S	0.1%	0.6%	1.0%	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.1%	0.4%	0.2%	S	0.4%	0.9%	1.2%	S
Was Suspended	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	S	0.7%	0.0%	0.3%	S
Other Reason	10.2%	8.0%	8.4%	S	11.9%	7.3%	7.9%	S
Two or More Reasons	16.0%	25.3%	34.2%	S	8.9%	13.2%	20.9%	S

Stanislaus County	Percent
Stanislaus County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	43.4%	35.0%	30.3%	S	48.0%	43.6%	38.0%	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	22.7%	27.0%	23.8%	S	23.7%	27.1%	27.8%	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	1.2%	0.5%	0.5%	S	0.3%	0.8%	0.5%	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.6%	1.0%	1.6%	S	1.0%	0.7%	0.8%	S
Had to Work	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	S	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.7%	0.5%	1.3%	S	1.0%	0.4%	1.4%	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	S	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%	S	0.0%	0.3%	1.1%	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	S	0.2%	0.3%	0.5%	S
Was Suspended	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%	S	0.3%	0.2%	0.4%	S
Other Reason	11.8%	9.9%	11.6%	S	11.1%	10.3%	9.5%	S
Two or More Reasons	18.9%	25.1%	30.3%	S	13.9%	15.8%	19.6%	S

Sutter County	Percent
Sutter County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	31.1%	S	S	S	40.6%	S	S	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	22.9%	S	S	S	21.8%	S	S	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.0%	S	S	S	0.7%	S	S	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	1.1%	S	S	S	0.3%	S	S	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.8%	S	S	S	3.0%	S	S	S
Had to Work	0.0%	S	S	S	0.2%	S	S	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	1.4%	S	S	S	1.5%	S	S	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.2%	S	S	S	1.1%	S	S	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	S	S	S	0.3%	S	S	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.2%	S	S	S	0.0%	S	S	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.8%	S	S	S	0.6%	S	S	S
Was Suspended	0.2%	S	S	S	0.6%	S	S	S
Other Reason	11.3%	S	S	S	14.2%	S	S	S
Two or More Reasons	29.9%	S	S	S	15.0%	S	S	S

Tehama County	Percent
Tehama County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	43.5%	48.2%	34.0%	S	44.2%	48.6%	48.2%	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	18.5%	21.7%	18.5%	S	32.1%	27.0%	28.0%	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.2%	0.0%	0.6%	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.5%	0.7%	1.1%	S	0.3%	0.9%	0.5%	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.9%	0.8%	1.7%	S	0.2%	0.2%	1.9%	S
Had to Work	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	1.2%	2.0%	2.4%	S	0.7%	1.3%	1.0%	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.0%	0.4%	2.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.4%	0.5%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.7%	0.0%	S
Was Suspended	1.3%	0.1%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.5%	1.2%	S
Other Reason	13.9%	13.7%	13.1%	S	11.9%	8.7%	6.9%	S
Two or More Reasons	19.4%	11.5%	27.1%	S	10.3%	11.6%	11.2%	S

Trinity County	Percent
Trinity County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	42.4%	28.4%	28.0%	N/A	36.7%	33.4%	29.6%	N/A
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	30.9%	20.4%	33.2%	N/A	22.8%	19.7%	20.8%	N/A
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	2.5%	0.0%	N/A
Had to Work	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	6.6%	N/A
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	3.5%	0.0%	N/A
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	N/A
Was Suspended	0.0%	2.7%	0.0%	N/A	0.9%	0.0%	6.6%	N/A
Other Reason	7.0%	29.4%	22.5%	N/A	11.3%	15.8%	33.9%	N/A
Two or More Reasons	18.3%	19.1%	16.3%	N/A	28.2%	25.1%	2.4%	N/A

Tulare County	Percent
Tulare County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Had to Work	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Was Suspended	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Other Reason	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Two or More Reasons	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S

Tuolumne County	Percent
Tuolumne County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	40.7%	37.3%	23.0%	2.2%	46.6%	40.8%	31.9%	4.6%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	21.0%	18.2%	20.4%	20.1%	18.0%	26.3%	21.2%	40.8%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	1.2%	0.8%	1.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.9%	1.6%	0.0%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%	0.5%	1.1%	1.9%
Had to Work	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.8%	0.0%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.5%	0.6%	0.7%	0.0%	1.9%	1.0%	0.8%	0.0%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.4%	0.8%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%	1.5%	0.0%
Was Suspended	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	1.2%	0.4%	12.1%
Other Reason	10.8%	10.2%	10.6%	0.6%	14.4%	8.5%	16.3%	0.1%
Two or More Reasons	24.4%	32.3%	43.4%	77.1%	17.0%	19.4%	24.0%	39.7%

Ventura County	Percent
Ventura County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	41.6%	43.5%	33.4%	56.4%	45.5%	45.5%	44.0%	25.2%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	24.0%	24.6%	22.0%	13.2%	25.1%	28.3%	24.9%	20.2%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.8%	0.8%	1.0%	0.8%	0.6%	0.5%	0.7%	0.6%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.8%	0.5%	1.3%	0.9%	1.5%	1.2%	1.5%	2.1%
Had to Work	0.8%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.5%	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	1.2%	0.5%	0.5%	0.4%	0.9%	0.8%	0.8%	0.7%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%	0.3%	0.5%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.4%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.7%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.1%	0.2%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%	0.3%	0.3%	0.0%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.4%	0.6%	5.6%
Was Suspended	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.8%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	1.2%
Other Reason	10.1%	7.5%	7.6%	9.3%	11.3%	7.7%	8.0%	24.2%
Two or More Reasons	20.2%	21.8%	32.8%	17.9%	13.4%	14.5%	18.3%	18.5%

Yolo County	Percent
Yolo County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	41.1%	37.5%	27.0%	10.3%	42.3%	46.4%	40.0%	22.0%
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	24.2%	22.8%	23.0%	29.5%	30.9%	24.3%	24.5%	21.4%
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	0.5%	0.7%	1.0%	1.3%	0.1%	0.6%	0.7%	0.2%
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.9%	0.4%	1.1%	2.1%	1.3%	1.7%	0.9%	8.8%
Had to Work	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.7%
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.7%	1.0%	0.9%	4.4%	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%	1.2%
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%	0.3%	0.0%
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	1.1%
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.0%	0.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.3%	0.9%	0.0%
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.7%	0.4%	0.6%	0.3%
Was Suspended	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%	1.2%	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%	3.3%
Other Reason	11.4%	8.4%	10.2%	12.6%	10.8%	9.6%	11.6%	19.2%
Two or More Reasons	20.4%	28.2%	35.7%	38.6%	12.5%	15.7%	19.5%	21.7%

Yuba County	Percent
Yuba County	Female				Male
Reason for Absence	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional	Grade 7	Grade 9	Grade 11	Non-Traditional
Didn’t Miss Any School	43.2%	31.9%	30.3%	S	43.9%	46.2%	36.4%	S
Illness (including respiratory and dental problems)	18.2%	17.9%	26.4%	S	24.1%	20.3%	24.1%	S
Felt Very Sad, Hopeless, Anxious, Stressed, or Angry	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Didn’t Get Enough Sleep	1.3%	1.9%	1.0%	S	1.0%	1.7%	0.5%	S
Didn’t Feel Safe at School	0.3%	0.7%	0.0%	S	1.2%	3.2%	0.8%	S
Had to Work	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Had to Care for or Help a Family Member or Friend	0.6%	1.0%	1.3%	S	1.3%	1.1%	0.5%	S
Wanted to Spend Time with Friends Not from School	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.5%	0.4%	S
Wanted to Use Alcohol or Drugs	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	S	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	S
Was Behind in Schoolwork or Unprepared for Class	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	S
Was Bored with or Uninterested in School	0.0%	0.2%	0.4%	S	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	S
Was Suspended	1.0%	0.3%	0.0%	S	0.6%	0.0%	0.5%	S
Other Reason	9.2%	13.6%	8.6%	S	11.6%	7.7%	11.9%	S
Two or More Reasons	25.7%	32.0%	31.9%	S	16.1%	18.9%	24.7%	S

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Definition: Estimated percentage of public school students in grades 7, 9, 11, and non-traditional programs who have missed school in the previous 30 days, by gender, grade level, and reason for absence (e.g., in 2017-2019, 20.8% of female 7th graders in California had missed school in the previous month because of illness).
Data Source: WestEd, California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) & Biennial State CHKS. California Dept. of Education (Aug. 2020).
Footnote: Years presented comprise two school years (e.g., 2017-18 and 2018-19 school years are shown as 2017-2019). County- and state-level data are weighted estimates; school district-level data are unweighted. Students in non-traditional programs are those enrolled in community day schools or continuation education. The notation S refers to (a) data for school districts that have been suppressed because there were fewer than 10 respondents in that group, and (b) data for counties that have been suppressed because the sample was too small to be representative. N/A means that data are not available.

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Measures of School Attendance and Discipline on Kidsdata.org

Kidsdata.org offers the following measures of school absence and exclusionary discipline:

The number and rate of K-12 public school students suspended and expelled from school, by county and school district, as recorded by the California Dept. of Education; also available are rates by disability status, foster youth status, homelessness status, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status
Estimates of reasons for absence in the previous month and truancy in the previous year among students in grades 7, 9, 11, and non-traditional programs, derived from student reports; these data come from the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) and are available by grade level, gender, level of school connectedness,* parent education level, and sexual orientation
Staff reports on the extent to which truancy or cutting class is a problem at their school; this indicator comes from the California School Staff Survey and is available for elementary, middle, high, and non-traditional school staff

*Levels of school connectedness are based on a scale created from responses to five questions about feeling safe, close to people, and a part of school, being happy at school, and about teachers treating students fairly.

State-level CHKS estimates, although derived from the Biennial State CHKS, may differ from data published in Biennial State CHKS reports due to differences in grade-level classification of students in continuation high schools.

Related Data

School Attendance and Discipline

Bullying and Harassment at School

Children's Emotional Health

Disconnected Youth

Teens Ages 16-19 Not in School and Not Working
- by City, School District and County (Regions of 10,000 Residents or More)
- by Legislative District

Pupil Support Services

Impacts of Special Health Care Needs on Children and Families

School Days Missed Among Children with Special Health Care Needs (California & U.S. Only)

School Climate

Gang Involvement

Health Care

School Safety

Youth Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use

Alcohol/Drug Use in Past Month, by Grade Level

High School Graduation

Why This Topic Is Important

Regular school attendance is a predictor of academic success (1). Frequent absences for any reason are linked to negative school outcomes, including lower test scores and higher dropout rates, which can have lifelong effects on employment and earning potential (1, 2). A child might miss school for many reasons, including excused absences (such as for health or personal reasons), truancy, and exclusionary punishment (suspensions and expulsions). Rates of chronic school absence tend to be higher among students who live in poverty, those with special health care needs or disabilities, youth of color, English learners, homeless students, and children in foster care (1).

Students who are suspended or expelled are more likely than their peers to have academic problems, drop out of school, and enter the juvenile justice system (3, 4). In the 2015-16 school year, U.S. public school students lost more than 11 million days of instruction due to suspensions (4). Suspensions and expulsions disproportionately affect children of color (particularly African American/black and American Indian/Alaska Native students), those with disabilities, and LGBTQ youth (3, 4).

Exclusionary punishment also leads to significant social costs. For example, dropouts resulting from suspensions have been estimated to cost California approximately $2.7 billion over the lifetime of a single 10th grade cohort (5). Costs are due in part to lost wages and tax revenue, increased crime, and higher health care expenses.

For more information on this topic, see kidsdata.org’s Research & Links section.

Sources for this narrative:

1. Chang, H. N., et al. (2018). Data matters: Using chronic absence to accelerate action for student success. Attendance Works & Everyone Graduates Center. Retrieved from: https://www.attendanceworks.org/data-matters

2. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (n.d.). Healthy People 2030: High School Graduation. Retrieved from: https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas/social-determinants-health/literature-summaries/high-school-graduation

3. U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. (2019). Beyond suspensions: Examining school discipline policies and connections to the school-to-prison pipeline for students of color with disabilities. Retrieved from: https://www.usccr.gov/reports/2019/beyond-suspensions-examining-school-discipline-policies-and-connections-school-prison

4. Losen, D. J., & Whitaker, A. (2018). 11 million days lost: Race, discipline, and safety at U.S. public schools (Part 1). Center for Civil Rights Remedies & American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California. Retrieved from: https://www.aclu.org/report/11-million-days-lost-race-discipline-and-safety-us-public-schools-part-1

5. Rumberger, R. W., & Losen, D. J. (2017). The hidden costs of California's harsh school discipline. California Dropout Research Project & Center for Civil Rights Remedies. Retrieved from: https://www.civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/resources/projects/center-for-civil-rights-remedies/school-to-prison-folder/summary-reports/the-hidden-cost-of-californias-harsh-discipline

How Children Are Faring

Nearly 155,000 California K-12 public school students were suspended from school in 2020—25 for every 1,000. Suspension rates vary dramatically across regions with data, from 13 per 1,000 to 62 per 1,000 for counties and from fewer than 3 per 1,000 to more than 150 per 1,000 for school districts in 2020. Statewide, suspension rates by demographic group show disparate disciplinary treatment of students of color (particularly African American/black and American Indian/Alaska Native youth), students with disabilities, homeless students, foster youth, and socioeconomically disadvantaged students. In 2018-2020, socioeconomically disadvantaged students and students with disabilities were suspended at more than double the rate of their peers, and foster youth were suspended at more than four times the rate of non-foster youth.

In 2020, California students were expelled from school at a rate of 0.5 per 1,000, a drop of two-thirds compared with 2012. Among students with disabilities, foster youth, socioeconomically disadvantaged students, and students of every race/ethnicity for which data are available, expulsion rates decreased between 2015-2017 and 2018-2020. Still, disparities persist. In 2018-2020, rates of expulsion among African American/black (1.6 per 1,000) and American Indian/Alaska Native (1.7 per 1,000) students were more than double the rate for Hispanic/Latino students (0.7 per 1,000), more than triple the rate for white students (0.5 per 1,000), and ten times the rates for Asian American and Filipino students (0.2 per 1,000). The rate at which homeless students were expelled from school was 1.6 per 1,000, up from 1.4 in 2015-2017, and more than double the rate for non-homeless students (0.6 per 1,000).

Student reports from 2017-2019 show that an estimated 21% of 7th graders, 25% of 9th graders, 34% of 11th graders, and 39% of non-traditional students in California had skipped school or cut class at least once in the previous year. Students with low levels of school connectedness, those whose parents did not finish high school, and gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth were more likely to be truant from school than their peers in other groups. Staff reports that truancy or cutting class were at least a mild problem at their school ranged from 28% (elementary staff) to 86% (high school staff) during the same period.

In general, whether children miss school, and their reasons for absence, vary by student and family characteristics. According to 2017-2019 estimates, 49% of California students in grades 7, 9, 11, and non-traditional programs with high levels of school connectedness did not miss any school in the previous month, compared with 33% of students with low levels of connectedness. Across groups with data in 2017-2019, reasons for absence not related to physical illness were commonly lack of sleep, needing to assist family or friends, and not feeling safe at school.

Policy Implications

Frequent disciplinary removal from school is associated with higher student dropout and delinquency rates (1, 2). In fact, students who regularly miss school for any reason—unexcused or excused—are at increased risk for academic failure and dropping out (3). While disciplinary removal may be necessary at times, suspensions and expulsions generally do not result in safer schools or better student behavior (1, 4). In addition, research has documented disparate disciplinary treatment of youth of color, students with disabilities, and LGBTQ youth (1, 2).

California has enacted numerous policy changes over the last decade to improve school discipline and attendance, including a recent ban on out-of-school suspensions in grades K-8 for minor disruptive or defiant behavior (5, 6, 7). While substantial progress has been made, much more work is needed to ensure that all schools, beginning with pre-K, implement effective, equitable discipline policies and provide positive learning environments (4, 8). In accordance with state guidelines, many districts are employing evidence-based strategies that focus on improving school climate and providing students with the support they need to succeed (8). In addition, increased efforts have focused on identifying absenteeism and truancy early, and intervening in non-punitive ways, to help improve student attendance and success (3, 7).

Policy and practice options to continue progress on school discipline and attendance include:

Increasing awareness about the need to address chronic absenteeism and school discipline, and strengthening the capacity of districts and schools to carry out comprehensive, prevention-oriented solutions (3, 4, 9)
Providing schools with adequate support to improve school climate and to adopt a whole-child approach to education, which is linked to better student engagement and behavior; such efforts should involve families and community partners, provide staff training and instruction on social-emotional skills, and implement systems to address behavioral health and other needs (9)
Ensuring that schools have non-punitive, restorative discipline policies that are clear, fair, and consistent, and that teachers and administrators are adequately trained; this should include trauma-informed, culturally-sensitive practices and a tiered system of appropriate responses to misconduct that keeps students in school when possible (4, 9)
Ensuring that high-suspending schools have technical assistance and resources to make necessary improvements; also, continuing efforts at the state and local levels to eliminate the use of out-of-school suspensions for minor misbehavior (4)
Collecting, reporting, and using data at the school and district levels on exclusionary punishment and resulting days of missed instruction, with detail by student race/ethnicity, gender, disability status, LGBTQ identification, and reason for removal (4)
In accordance with state policy, improving efforts to uncover and flag chronic absenteeism—both unexcused and excused—early in elementary and middle school by tracking attendance in real-time and analyzing absence data at the district, school, grade, and student subgroup levels (3)
Ensuring that schools and community partners use attendance data to reach out to parents and students early—before absences become chronic—to offer support; as part of this, increasing formal collaboration (e.g., through school attendance review boards) with local agencies and service providers to engage hard-to-reach families and address underlying causes of absences (3)
Ensuring consistent administration of school climate surveys, and strengthening the capacity of schools and districts to use the results as a tool for change (4, 8)

For more information, see kidsdata.org’s Research & Links section or visit Attendance Works and Fix School Discipline. Also see Policy Implications under these kidsdata.org topics: School Climate, School Safety, and Bullying and Harassment at School.

Sources for this narrative:

1. Cardichon, J., & Darling-Hammond, L. (2019). Protecting students’ civil rights: The federal role in school discipline. Learning Policy Institute. Retrieved from: https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/student-civil-rights-school-discipline-report

2. U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. (2019). Beyond suspensions: Examining school discipline policies and connections to the school-to-prison pipeline for students of color with disabilities. Retrieved from: https://www.usccr.gov/reports/2019/beyond-suspensions-examining-school-discipline-policies-and-connections-school-prison

3. Attendance Works, et al. (2018). Seize the data opportunity in California: Using chronic absence to improve educational outcomes. Retrieved from: https://www.attendanceworks.org/policy/state-education-policy/california/seize-the-data-opportunity-in-california

4. Losen, D. J., & Martin, K. (2018). The unequal impact of suspension on the opportunity to learn in California. Center for Civil Rights Remedies. Retrieved from: https://www.civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/research/k-12-education/school-discipline/the-unequal-impact-of-suspension-on-the-opportunity-to-learn-in-ca

5. Freedberg, L. (2019). California to extend ban on pushing students out of school for disruptive behavior. EdSource. Retrieved from: https://edsource.org/2019/california-to-ban-pushing-students-out-of-school-for-disruptive-behavior/617326

6. Bohan, S. (2018). The collective impact of suspending suspensions. Stanford Social Innovation Review. Retrieved from: https://ssir.org/books/excerpts/entry/the_collective_impact_of_suspending_suspensions

7. Attendance Works. (n.d.). State attendance policy: California. Retrieved from: https://www.attendanceworks.org/policy/state-education-policy/california

8. Furger, R. C., et al. (2019). The California way: The Golden State's quest to build an equitable and excellent education system. Learning Policy Institute. Retrieved from: https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/california-way-equitable-excellent-education-system-brief

9. Darling-Hammond, L., & Cook-Harvey, C. M. (2018). Educating the whole child: Improving school climate to support student success. Learning Policy Institute. Retrieved from: https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/educating-whole-child-report

Research & Links

Websites with Related Information

Attendance Works
California Dept. of Education: Safe Schools
California Dept. of Justice, Office of the Attorney General: Truancy Hub
California School Boards Association: Governance and Policy Resources
Child Trends: School Discipline
Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles: School Discipline. UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.
Dignity in Schools Campaign
Fix School Discipline
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments: Discipline. American Institutes for Research.
National Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Neglected or Delinquent Children and Youth (NDTAC)
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. U.S. Dept. of Justice.
School Discipline Support Initiative
School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports.
Youth.gov. Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs.

Key Reports and Research

11 Million Days Lost: Race, Discipline, and Safety at U.S. Public Schools. (2018). American Civil Liberties Union. Losen, D. J. & Whitaker, A.
2024 California Children's Report Card. Children Now.
Attendance Playbook: Smart Solutions for Reducing Student Absenteeism Post-Pandemic. (2023). FutureEd & Attendance Works. Jordan, P.
Beyond Suspensions: Examining School Discipline Policies and Connections to the School-to-Prison Pipeline for Students of Color with Disabilities. (2019). U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
California ESSA Consolidated State Plan. (2023). California Dept. of Education.
Chronic School Absenteeism and the Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences. (2017). Academic Pediatrics. Stempel, H., et al.
Cops and No Counselors: How the Lack of School Mental Health Staff Is Harming Students. American Civil Liberties Union. Whitaker, A., et al.
Educating the Whole Child: Improving School Climate to Support Student Success. (2018). Learning Policy Institute. Darling-Hammond, L., & Cook-Harvey, C. M.
Educational Exclusion: Drop Out, Push Out, and the School-to-Prison Pipeline among LGBTQ Youth. (2016). GLSEN.
Protecting Students' Civil Rights: The Federal Role in School Discipline. (2019). Learning Policy Institute. Cardichon, J., & Darling-Hammond, L.
Pushing Back Against School Pushout: Student Homelessness and Opportunities for Change. (2018). California Homeless Youth Project. Herr, E., et al.
School Discipline Consensus Report: Strategies from the Field to Keep Students Engaged in School and Out of the Juvenile Justice System. (2014). Council of State Governments Justice Center. Morgan, E., et al.
School Discipline Practices Associated with Adolescent School Connectedness and Engagement. (2019). UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Babey, S. H., et al.
The Hidden Costs of California's Harsh School Discipline. (2017). California Dropout Research Project & Center for Civil Rights Remedies. Rumberger, R. W., & Losen, D. J.
The Link Between School Attendance and Good Health. (2019). Pediatrics. Allison, M. A., et al.
The Unequal Impact of Suspension on the Opportunity to Learn in California. (2018). Center for Civil Rights Remedies. Losen, D. J., & Martin, K.
Using Chronic Absence Data to Improve Conditions for Learning. (2019). Attendance Works & American Institutes for Research. Chang, H. N., et al.

County/Regional Reports

2023 California County Scorecard of Children's Well-Being. Children Now.
Live Well San Diego Report Card on Children, Families, and Community. The Children’s Initiative.
Santa Monica Youth Wellbeing Report Card. Santa Monica Cradle to Career.
Youth Need Data. Get Healthy San Mateo County.

More Data Sources For School Attendance and Discipline

California School Climate, Health, and Learning Surveys Public Dashboards. WestEd & California Dept. of Education.
California School Dashboard. California Dept. of Education.
Civil Rights Data Collection. U.S. Dept. of Education, Office for Civil Rights.
Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles: Online Data Resources. UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.
Crime and Safety Surveys. National Center for Education Statistics.
DataQuest. California Dept. of Education.
Discriminology
Education Data Partnership (Ed-Data) California Dept. of Education, et al.
KIDS COUNT Data Center. Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Local Control Funding Formula Reports. California Dept. of Education.
National Center for Education Statistics: Data and Tools. U.S. Dept. of Education, Institute of Education Sciences.
What Are the Factors that Affect Learning at Your School? Chronic Absence: School and Community Factors. (2019). Brookings Institution, Hamilton Project.

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