Students absent 21 or more days
Share of all students enrolled during the year who were absent 21 or more days (Survey 5).
key absent_21plus_rate · unit percent · lower is better · rated (peer and district percentiles)
CHECKED AGAINST THE ORIGINAL FILES
Every served value for 2016-17, 2024-25 was re-read from the source file by independent code: 1,005 of 1,013 cells agree exactly, 0 disagree, 8 withheld by the publisher on both sides. Per-cell report.
Definition
Share of all students enrolled during the year who were absent 21 or more days (Survey 5).
- Students absent 21 or more days during the year, divided by all students enrolled during the year (Survey 5). Stored as a percentage.
Source files
Florida Department of Education, PK-12 Education Information Services (source_id: fldoe_absent21_10pct_2017-18)
- Year: 2017-18
- File: 1718ABS21Days10Comparison.xlsx (xlsx)
- Fetched: 2026-09-15 · sha256
9c3de8de99c7· 429,948 bytes · fetched via origin host - First-fetch findings: fldoe_absent21_10pct_2017-18.md
- Registry note: Absent 21+ days and absent 10%+ by school (Survey 5). Same shape as the 2024-25 file.
Florida Department of Education, PK-12 Education Information Services (source_id: fldoe_absent21_10pct_2018-19)
- Year: 2018-19
- File: 1819ABS21Days10Comparison.xlsx (xlsx)
- Fetched: 2026-09-15 · sha256
26292bfc560c· 426,771 bytes · fetched via origin host - First-fetch findings: fldoe_absent21_10pct_2018-19.md
- Registry note: Absent 21+ days and absent 10%+ by school (Survey 5). Same shape as the 2024-25 file.
Florida Department of Education, PK-12 Education Information Services (source_id: fldoe_absent21_10pct_2019-20)
- Year: 2019-20
- File: 1920ABS21Days10Comparison.xlsx (xlsx)
- Fetched: 2026-09-15 · sha256
75cdd2b79779· 422,364 bytes · fetched via origin host - First-fetch findings: fldoe_absent21_10pct_2019-20.md
- Registry note: Absent 21+ days and absent 10%+ by school (Survey 5). Same shape as the 2024-25 file.
Florida Department of Education, PK-12 Education Information Services (source_id: fldoe_absent21_10pct_2020-21)
- Year: 2020-21
- File: 2021ABS21Days10Comparison.xlsx (xlsx)
- Fetched: 2026-09-15 · sha256
4d9f8215354d· 424,866 bytes · fetched via origin host - First-fetch findings: fldoe_absent21_10pct_2020-21.md
- Registry note: Absent 21+ days and absent 10%+ by school (Survey 5). Same shape as the 2024-25 file.
Florida Department of Education, PK-12 Education Information Services (source_id: fldoe_absent21_10pct_2021-22)
- Year: 2021-22
- File: 2122ABS21Days10Comparison.xlsx (xlsx)
- Fetched: 2026-09-15 · sha256
21b816236b68· 429,153 bytes · fetched via origin host - First-fetch findings: fldoe_absent21_10pct_2021-22.md
- Registry note: Absent 21+ days and absent 10%+ by school (Survey 5). Same shape as the 2024-25 file.
Florida Department of Education, PK-12 Education Information Services (source_id: fldoe_absent21_10pct_2022-23)
- Year: 2022-23
- File: 2223ABS21Days10Comparison.xlsx (xlsx)
- Fetched: 2026-09-15 · sha256
35217f64df95· 996,049 bytes · fetched via origin host - First-fetch findings: fldoe_absent21_10pct_2022-23.md
- Registry note: Absent 21+ days and absent 10%+ by school (Survey 5). Same shape as the 2024-25 file.
Florida Department of Education, PK-12 Education Information Services (source_id: fldoe_absent21_10pct_2024-25)
- Year: 2024-25
- File: 2425ABS21Days10Comparison.xlsx (xlsx)
- Fetched: 2026-09-15 · sha256
9200e6470f32· 476,249 bytes · fetched via origin host - First-fetch findings: fldoe_absent21_10pct_2024-25.md
- Registry note: Denominator = annual unduplicated enrollment (students at two schools count at each). 10% series 2017-18 -> 2024-25 ({yy}ABS21Days10Comparison.xlsx); 21+ only 2010-11 -> 2016-17 ({yy}ABS21DAYSTDistSchl.xlsx; 2016-17 flagged inaccurate by FLDOE). Dade 518 rows; '*'. 2023-24 and 2016-17 editions also fetched.
Loader: scripts/loaders/miami/absenteeism.ts · registry: docs/cities/miami/sources.yaml
What is served
- Years: 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25
- 4,588 school-year cells across 568 schools; 28 stored as suppressed (publisher withheld)
- 3,749 cells carry a peer-group percentile (all-students rows of schools with a peer group)
What it cannot show
- A fixed 21-day threshold penalises schools with longer calendars or late-enrolling students less than the 10% measure does; the two rank schools differently.
- The state marks its 2016-17 file as inaccurate because of missed reporting deadlines; the loader records that note on the data load.
Comparability across years
- Published from 2010-11 under one definition; loaded from 2016-17.
How it was checked
Every served number runs through the four-check taxonomy described on the methodology page: (i) completeness, (ii) an exact re-read of the file by independent Python, (iii-b) a second publisher where one exists, (iv) recomputation of derived values.
| Years | Common cells | Matches | Mismatches | Suppressed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17, 2024-25 | 1,013 | 1,005 | 0 | 8 | PASS |
Harness: methodology and known gaps · components · closure-track verdict (93ea735c8bb9) · outcomes verdict (REVIEW)
In the ratings
Schools are ranked on this metric within their peer group (40 nearest schools on demographics and size, same level, sector and magnet status) and district-wide, with the rank inverted where lower is better so a high percentile always means a better outcome. See outliers and movers for this metric, and the ratings overview for how peer groups are built.
Related metrics
Corrections log
None yet. Corrections to published figures are recorded here with the date and the affected numbers.