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| Grade and school locale | All students | Number of days absent from school in the last month | ||||||||
| 0 days | 1 or 2 days | 3 or 4 days | 5 or more days | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| Grade 4 (2022) | ||||||||||
| Total | 100.0 | (†) | 38.0 | (0.30) | 27.1 | (0.29) | 13.8 | (0.21) | 21.0 | (0.26) |
| City | 100.0 | (†) | 36.5 | (0.63) | 26.6 | (0.45) | 13.7 | (0.36) | 23.1 | (0.56) |
| Large | 100.0 | (†) | 35.3 | (0.81) | 27.0 | (0.59) | 13.3 | (0.40) | 24.4 | (0.71) |
| Midsize | 100.0 | (†) | 38.1 | (1.45) | 26.0 | (1.12) | 13.5 | (0.91) | 22.4 | (1.77) |
| Small | 100.0 | (†) | 38.0 | (1.60) | 26.3 | (0.92) | 15.0 | (0.86) | 20.7 | (1.01) |
Suburban | 100.0 | (†) | 40.6 | (0.47) | 26.5 | (0.44) | 13.2 | (0.34) | 19.6 | (0.42) |
| Large | 100.0 | (†) | 40.9 | (0.52) | 26.7 | (0.40) | 13.4 | (0.37) | 19.0 | (0.47) |
| Midsize | 100.0 | (†) | 39.8 | (1.88) | 25.3 | (1.48) | 11.8 | (0.93) | 23.1 | (1.51) |
| Small | 100.0 | (†) | 37.0 | (2.09) | 26.3 | (1.86) | 13.4 | (1.05) | 23.3 | (2.43) |
Town | 100.0 | (†) | 35.5 | (0.88) | 27.8 | (0.76) | 14.0 | (0.51) | 22.7 | (1.12) |
| Fringe | 100.0 | (†) | 36.9 | (1.69) | 28.5 | (1.50) | 13.3 | (1.18) | 21.2 | (1.51) |
| Distant | 100.0 | (†) | 36.7 | (1.23) | 27.8 | (1.16) | 13.3 | (0.65) | 22.1 | (1.77) |
| Remote | 100.0 | (†) | 31.8 | (1.18) | 27.0 | (1.22) | 15.8 | (1.15) | 25.4 | (1.97) |
Rural | 100.0 | (†) | 36.3 | (0.68) | 28.9 | (0.53) | 15.0 | (0.41) | 19.8 | (0.56) |
| Fringe | 100.0 | (†) | 37.2 | (0.96) | 28.4 | (0.68) | 15.6 | (0.59) | 18.8 | (0.66) |
| Distant | 100.0 | (†) | 34.9 | (1.09) | 29.1 | (0.94) | 13.8 | (0.59) | 22.1 | (0.80) |
| Remote | 100.0 | (†) | 34.3 | (1.82) | 31.4 | (1.01) | 14.0 | (1.03) | 20.3 | (1.79) |
Grade 8 (2022) | ||||||||||
| Total | 100.0 | (†) | 34.6 | (0.30) | 33.5 | (0.28) | 16.3 | (0.24) | 15.7 | (0.27) |
| City | 100.0 | (†) | 34.5 | (0.45) | 31.5 | (0.47) | 16.5 | (0.41) | 17.5 | (0.54) |
| Large | 100.0 | (†) | 34.7 | (0.67) | 31.3 | (0.69) | 16.2 | (0.46) | 17.8 | (0.73) |
| Midsize | 100.0 | (†) | 34.9 | (1.52) | 31.9 | (1.18) | 17.2 | (1.10) | 16.0 | (0.94) |
| Small | 100.0 | (†) | 33.8 | (1.15) | 31.5 | (1.09) | 16.6 | (0.82) | 18.1 | (1.25) |
Suburban | 100.0 | (†) | 36.0 | (0.48) | 34.4 | (0.50) | 15.4 | (0.33) | 14.2 | (0.47) |
| Large | 100.0 | (†) | 36.3 | (0.54) | 34.6 | (0.49) | 15.2 | (0.34) | 13.8 | (0.51) |
| Midsize | 100.0 | (†) | 34.4 | (1.40) | 31.7 | (1.74) | 17.3 | (1.21) | 16.6 | (1.48) |
| Small | 100.0 | (†) | 33.1 | (2.37) | 34.2 | (2.34) | 16.3 | (1.70) | 16.4 | (2.54) |
Town | 100.0 | (†) | 32.3 | (0.72) | 33.2 | (0.81) | 17.3 | (0.52) | 17.2 | (0.69) |
| Fringe | 100.0 | (†) | 31.0 | (1.40) | 34.2 | (1.82) | 17.1 | (1.43) | 17.7 | (1.92) |
| Distant | 100.0 | (†) | 33.2 | (1.15) | 32.5 | (0.83) | 17.3 | (0.66) | 17.1 | (0.82) |
| Remote | 100.0 | (†) | 31.9 | (1.42) | 33.4 | (1.82) | 17.7 | (1.37) | 16.9 | (1.53) |
Rural | 100.0 | (†) | 33.1 | (0.68) | 34.8 | (0.64) | 16.9 | (0.67) | 15.2 | (0.46) |
| Fringe | 100.0 | (†) | 33.0 | (0.92) | 34.8 | (0.88) | 16.9 | (0.67) | 15.3 | (0.67) |
| Distant | 100.0 | (†) | 33.8 | (1.04) | 34.7 | (0.85) | 16.9 | (1.04) | 14.6 | (0.65) |
| Remote | 100.0 | (†) | 31.9 | (1.38) | 35.3 | (2.56) | 16.8 | (2.12) | 16.0 | (1.25) |
Grade 4 (2019) | ||||||||||
| Total | 100.0 | (†) | 43.7 | (0.23) | 31.8 | (0.21) | 13.5 | (0.18) | 11.0 | (0.16) |
| City | 100.0 | (†) | 43.5 | (0.41) | 30.3 | (0.32) | 13.8 | (0.33) | 12.4 | (0.32) |
| Large | 100.0 | (†) | 43.3 | (0.54) | 30.0 | (0.46) | 13.8 | (0.41) | 12.9 | (0.33) |
| Midsize | 100.0 | (†) | 42.3 | (1.32) | 31.1 | (0.96) | 14.2 | (0.88) | 12.4 | (0.72) |
| Small | 100.0 | (†) | 45.0 | (0.72) | 30.3 | (0.88) | 13.4 | (0.61) | 11.3 | (0.71) |
Suburban | 100.0 | (†) | 44.7 | (0.44) | 32.2 | (0.36) | 13.0 | (0.26) | 10.1 | (0.19) |
| Large | 100.0 | (†) | 45.0 | (0.47) | 32.1 | (0.41) | 12.9 | (0.31) | 10.0 | (0.21) |
| Midsize | 100.0 | (†) | 42.3 | (1.05) | 34.0 | (0.86) | 13.6 | (0.84) | 10.2 | (0.54) |
| Small | 100.0 | (†) | 44.7 | (2.11) | 31.2 | (1.70) | 13.2 | (1.44) | 10.9 | (0.70) |
Town | 100.0 | (†) | 43.1 | (0.62) | 31.6 | (0.68) | 13.9 | (0.59) | 11.4 | (0.51) |
| Fringe | 100.0 | (†) | 44.8 | (1.32) | 30.4 | (1.51) | 13.4 | (1.11) | 11.4 | (0.68) |
| Distant | 100.0 | (†) | 42.7 | (1.03) | 32.1 | (0.85) | 14.0 | (0.80) | 11.2 | (0.86) |
| Remote | 100.0 | (†) | 42.2 | (1.17) | 31.9 | (0.92) | 14.4 | (0.93) | 11.6 | (0.98) |
Rural | 100.0 | (†) | 42.4 | (0.51) | 33.2 | (0.53) | 13.9 | (0.32) | 10.5 | (0.35) |
| Fringe | 100.0 | (†) | 43.6 | (0.61) | 32.5 | (0.73) | 13.6 | (0.45) | 10.2 | (0.41) |
| Distant | 100.0 | (†) | 41.4 | (0.87) | 34.0 | (0.76) | 14.5 | (0.59) | 10.1 | (0.38) |
| Remote | 100.0 | (†) | 38.6 | (1.32) | 35.0 | (1.49) | 13.4 | (0.86) | 13.1 | (2.07) |
Grade 8 (2019) | ||||||||||
| Total | 100.0 | (†) | 41.4 | (0.28) | 37.9 | (0.21) | 13.8 | (0.15) | 6.9 | (0.13) |
| City | 100.0 | (†) | 40.9 | (0.58) | 36.8 | (0.45) | 14.5 | (0.28) | 7.8 | (0.28) |
| Large | 100.0 | (†) | 41.6 | (0.65) | 36.7 | (0.60) | 14.1 | (0.38) | 7.6 | (0.28) |
| Midsize | 100.0 | (†) | 39.0 | (1.74) | 37.7 | (0.93) | 14.8 | (0.92) | 8.6 | (0.89) |
| Small | 100.0 | (†) | 40.9 | (1.47) | 36.4 | (0.90) | 15.0 | (0.68) | 7.6 | (0.54) |
Suburban | 100.0 | (†) | 42.5 | (0.40) | 38.2 | (0.36) | 13.2 | (0.24) | 6.1 | (0.18) |
| Large | 100.0 | (†) | 42.8 | (0.43) | 38.2 | (0.40) | 13.1 | (0.27) | 5.9 | (0.18) |
| Midsize | 100.0 | (†) | 40.0 | (1.21) | 39.1 | (0.90) | 14.0 | (0.83) | 6.9 | (0.61) |
| Small | 100.0 | (†) | 42.2 | (2.36) | 37.0 | (1.98) | 13.8 | (1.51) | 7.1 | (0.91) |
Town | 100.0 | (†) | 39.6 | (0.73) | 38.5 | (0.60) | 14.2 | (0.51) | 7.8 | (0.37) |
| Fringe | 100.0 | (†) | 39.4 | (1.31) | 37.8 | (0.98) | 15.2 | (0.91) | 7.5 | (0.70) |
| Distant | 100.0 | (†) | 40.9 | (1.14) | 38.6 | (1.08) | 12.9 | (0.76) | 7.5 | (0.62) |
| Remote | 100.0 | (†) | 37.1 | (1.39) | 39.0 | (1.10) | 15.4 | (0.74) | 8.5 | (0.67) |
Rural | 100.0 | (†) | 40.8 | (0.58) | 38.6 | (0.54) | 13.8 | (0.32) | 6.8 | (0.24) |
| Fringe | 100.0 | (†) | 40.7 | (0.76) | 38.9 | (0.64) | 13.7 | (0.47) | 6.7 | (0.32) |
| Distant | 100.0 | (†) | 42.5 | (1.29) | 38.1 | (1.05) | 12.7 | (0.67) | 6.7 | (0.44) |
| Remote | 100.0 | (†) | 37.2 | (1.22) | 37.7 | (1.33) | 17.4 | (1.52) | 7.7 | (0.48) |
Grade 12 (2015)1 | ||||||||||
| Total | 100.0 | (†) | 35.9 | (0.56) | 41.1 | (0.48) | 15.5 | (0.35) | 7.5 | (0.30) |
| City | 100.0 | (†) | 34.7 | (1.02) | 38.8 | (0.81) | 17.3 | (0.61) | 9.2 | (0.50) |
| Suburban | 100.0 | (†) | 37.7 | (1.01) | 41.4 | (0.85) | 14.1 | (0.53) | 6.8 | (0.45) |
| Town | 100.0 | (†) | 33.8 | (1.22) | 42.6 | (1.27) | 16.5 | (0.93) | 7.1 | (0.68) |
| Rural | 100.0 | (†) | 35.4 | (1.43) | 43.0 | (1.14) | 15.0 | (0.85) | 6.6 | (0.55) |
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||
| 1Results for 2015 are shown because 12th-graders were not assessed in 2019 and 2022. More detailed breakouts of school locale are not available at grade 12. | ||||||||||
| NOTE: Includes public, private, Bureau of Indian Education, and Department of Defense Education Activity schools. Includes students tested with accommodations (9 to 14 percent of all students, depending on grade); excludes only those students with disabilities and English language learners who were unable to be tested even with accommodations (2 percent of all students at all grades). Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2015, 2019, and 2022 Reading Assessments, retrieved August 1, 2023, from the Main NAEP Data Explorer (https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ndecore/xplore/NDE). (This table was prepared August 2023.) | ||||||||||
