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Washington's Majority-Absent District Count Has Fallen by More Than Half Since 2022. Eighteen Remain.
In most school districts, chronic absenteeism is a problem affecting a minority of students. In 18 Washington districts, it is the norm. More than half of all students miss 18 or more days per year. R...
Nearly Half of Native American Students in Washington Miss Too Much School
At Muckleshoot Tribal School, southeast of Auburn, 64.4% of the 483 students enrolled in 2024-25 were chronically absent. At the Lummi Nation's schools near Bellingham, the rate was 69.4%. At the Suqu...
Native American Enrollment Cut in Half
In 2010, Washington public schools enrolled 24,768 Native American students. By 2026, that number had fallen to 12,622. Half of them, gone from the rolls.