Delaware Student Attendance and Absenteeism by Demographic Subgroup

data.delaware.gov provides a dataset on student enrollment and absenteeism for Delaware schools. The data includes counts of actively enrolled students, average days enrolled and absent, and the percentage of students deemed chronically absent per school year. Columns allow analysis by school, district, grade, race, gender, and other demographic subgroups.

Use Cases

• Analyzing absenteeism trends over time using School Year, StudentsChronicallyAbsent, and PctStudentsChronicallyAbsent.
• Comparing average attendance (AvgDaysEnrolled, AvgDaysAbsent) across different schools and districts using School, District, and School Code.
• Investigating equity gaps in chronic absenteeism by demographic factors using Race, Gender, Grade, and SpecialDemo columns.
• Aggregating enrollment and attendance statistics at the district level using District Code, Students, and Geography.

Strengths

• Data is structured with 17 columns enabling granular analysis by school, district, and demographic subgroup.
• Includes a specific definition for 'chronically absent' as defined by the U.S. Department of Education.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.delaware.gov

Time Range

Coverage is per School Year, but specific range is not provided.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-11-05 16:05:53; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Geography column suggests data is for the state of Delaware, USA.