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News Release - Colorado 2024-25 student attendance and chronic absenteeism remain largely unchanged from 2023-24
Aug. 27, 2025
Colorado 2024-25 student attendance and chronic absenteeism remain largely unchanged from 2023-24
DENVER -- The Colorado Department of Education (CDE) today released 2024-25 data on student attendance and chronic absenteeism, with statewide averages showing slight declines in daily attendance (-0.1%) and slight increases in chronic absenteeism (+0.7%). Even with relatively flat state trends, 60% of school districts and BOCES saw improved attendance rates, and 59% had declines in chronic absenteeism.
Education Commissioner Susana Córdova said: “Good attendance is a critical component for school and life success. We are concerned to see attendance and chronic absenteeism rates moving in the wrong direction, particularly for our students of color.”
The statewide average daily attendance rate for 2024-25 was 91.4%, a 0.1% decrease from the prior year. Chronic absenteeism rates increased by 0.7% statewide to 28.4% compared to 27.7% in 2023-24. Data from the department shows rates of chronic absenteeism for students of color that are between 6.2% and 30.1% higher than their white peers. At 38.4%, chronic absenteeism rates for Latino students are 10% above the state average.
Cordova said: “In 2024-25, Colorado added 3,500 more chronically absent students compared to the year prior. These are more than data points. These are young people who are disengaged, disconnected, and missing out on the critical learning experiences that they need to be successful.
“This is a call to action for every single Coloradan: the future of our great state is created in our schools and classrooms today. We need everyone - students, parents, teachers, community partners, civic leaders - focused on keeping students engaged in learning and attending school regularly.”
The department did note some improvement in chronic absenteeism rates in the early grades. Kindergarten, first, and second grades saw decreases ranging from 0.2% to 0.6%. The remaining grade levels (third -12th), however, had increases.
Overall, more than one in four of all Colorado students were chronically absent, which is linked to sustained learning loss and an increased likelihood of falling behind and dropping out of high school. Even with declines in recent years, 244,622 students were chronically absent in 2024-25, which is the third-highest rate since data collection began in 2016.
In the 2018-19 school year -- the last full year data was collected before the pandemic – Colorado’s state average for attendance was 92.3%, and the average chronic absentee rate was 22.5%.
In 2024, the department announced the Every School Day Matters! attendance campaign focused on decreasing chronic absenteeism rates by 50% from the state’s pandemic high. Commissioner Córdova said the department’s goal is to support students, families, and educators in reducing chronic absenteeism to 17.8% by the 2026-27 school year. To date, 45 schools and districts have joined the campaign and are receiving ongoing support, resources, and tools focused on attendance.
Parents, families, educators, and community partners can visit www.cdeinfo.org/attendance for information and resources. State and district attendance and chronic absenteeism data, as well as truancy rates at the state, district, and school levels, are available on the CDE website.
Attendance Data Tables
| Race/Ethnicity | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
Change 24 v 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | 85.8% | 87.2% | 88.0% | 87.9% | -0.1% |
| African American | 88.7% | 89.3% | 90.4% | 90.3% | - 0.1% |
| Asian | 93.2% | 93.2% | 93.9% | 93.9% | 0% |
| Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 85.6% | 85.8% | 86.7% | 86.4% | -0.3% |
| Hispanic | 87.8% | 88.7% | 89.5% | 89.2% | -0.3% |
| Multiracial | 90.6% | 91.0% | 91.8% | 91.7% | -0.1% |
| White | 91.8% | 92.3% | 93.0% | 92.9% | -0.1% |
| Student Group | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
Change 24 v 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students Experiencing Homelessness | 82.7% | 82.9% | 84.2% | 83.8% | -0.4% |
| Students from Migrant Families | 88.1% | 88.4% | 89.2% | 89.2% | 0% |
| Students with Special Needs | 87.9% | 88.9% | 89.8% | 89.6% | 0.2% |
| Multilingual Learners | 88.6% | 89.3% | 90.0% | 89.5% | -0.5% |
| Economically Disadvantaged | 87.2% | 88.2% | 89.3% | 88.8% | -0.5% |
| Race/Ethnicity | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
Change 24 v 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | 57.2% | 47.7% | 44.4% | 44.8% | 0.4% |
| African American | 39.9% | 37.3% | 33.2% | 33.7% | 0.5% |
| Asian | 20.1% | 19.6% | 17.0% | 16.5% | -0.5% |
| Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 53.3% | 53.1% | 50.1% | 51.1% | 1.0% |
| Hispanic | 45.4% | 41.1% | 37.1% | 38.4% | 1.3% |
| Multiracial | 32.5% | 30.4% | 26.6% | 27.2% | 0.6% |
| White | 27.4% | 24.1% | 20.9% | 21.0% | 0.1% |
| Student Group | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
Change 24 v 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students Experiencing Homelessness | 60.7% | 59.5% | 56.0% | 57.1% | 1.1% |
| Students from Migrant Families | 44.7% | 42.8% | 40.6% | 40.3% | -0.3% |
| Students with Special Needs | 43.9% | 39.4% | 35% | 35.8% | 0.8% |
| Multilingual Learners | 43.2% | 39.6% | 36.3% | 38.4% | 2.0% |
| Economically Disadvantaged | 48.0% | 43.3% | 38.3% | 40.4% | 2.1% |
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The Colorado Department of Education’s vision is to create equitable educational environments where all students and staff in Colorado thrive. Our role is to improve student outcomes and ensure students and families across Colorado have access to high-quality schools by serving, guiding, and elevating our state’s 178 school districts and BOCES.
27 de agosto de 2025
La asistencia escolar y el absentismo crónico en Colorado durante el periodo 2024-2025 se mantienen prácticamente sin cambios con respecto al periodo 2023-2024.
DENVER --
El Departamento de Educación de Colorado (CDE) ha publicado hoy los datos correspondientes al periodo 2024-25 sobre la asistencia escolar y el absentismo crónico, con un descenso ligero en la asistencia diaria (-0.1 %) y un ligero aumento en el absentismo crónico (+0.7 %) en la media estatal. A pesar de las tendencias relativamente estables en el estado, el 60 % de los distritos escolares y BOCES registraron una mejora en las tasas de asistencia, y el 59 % experimentó descensos en el absentismo crónico.
La comisionada de Educación, Susana Córdova, dijo: “La buena asistencia es un componente fundamental para el éxito escolar y en la vida. Nos preocupa ver que las tasas de asistencia y absentismo crónico van en la dirección equivocada, especialmente entre nuestros estudiantes de color”.
La tasa media de asistencia diaria en todo el estado para el periodo 2024-25 fue del 91.4 %, lo que supone un descenso del 0.1 % con respecto al año anterior. Las tasas de absentismo crónico aumentaron un 0.7 % en todo el estado, pasando del 27.7 % en 2023-24 al 28.4 %. Los datos del departamento muestran que las tasas de absentismo crónico de los estudiantes de color son entre un 6.2 % y un 30.1 % más altas que las de sus compañeros blancos. Con un 38.4 %, las tasas de absentismo crónico de los estudiantes latinos son un 10 % superiores a la media estatal.
Cordova dijo: “En 2024-25, Colorado sumó 3,500 estudiantes con absentismo crónico más que el año anterior. Son más que datos. Son jóvenes desmotivados, desconectados y que se están perdiendo experiencias de aprendizaje fundamentales para tener éxito.
“Este es un llamamiento a la acción para todos y cada uno de los habitantes de Colorado: el futuro de nuestro gran estado se construye hoy en nuestras escuelas y aulas. Necesitamos que todos —estudiantes, padres, maestros, socios comunitarios, líderes cívicos— se centren en mantener a los estudiantes comprometidos con el aprendizaje y la asistencia regular a la escuela”.
El departamento sí observó cierta mejora en las tasas de absentismo crónico en los primeros cursos. En infantil, primer y segundo curso se registraron descensos que oscilaron entre el 0.2 % y el 0.6 %. Sin embargo, en el resto de cursos (de tercero a duodécimo) se registraron aumentos.
En general, más de uno de cada cuatro estudiantes de Colorado faltaba a clase de forma crónica, lo que está relacionado con una pérdida de aprendizaje sostenida y una mayor probabilidad de quedarse atrás y abandonar la escuela preparatoria. A pesar del descenso registrado en los últimos años, en 2024-25 había 244,622 estudiantes con absentismo crónico, la tercera tasa más alta desde que se empezaron a recopilar datos en 2016.
En el año escolar 2018-19, el último año completo en el que se recopilaron datos antes de la pandemia, el promedio estatal de asistencia en Colorado fue del 92.3 %, y la tasa media de absentismo crónico fue del 22.5 %.
En 2024, el departamento anunció la campaña de asistencia ¡Cada día escolar importa!, centrada en reducir las tasas de absentismo crónico en un 50 % con respecto al máximo alcanzado en el estado durante la pandemia. La comisionada Córdova afirmó que el objetivo del departamento es apoyar a los estudiantes, las familias y los educadores para reducir el absentismo crónico al 17.8 % para el curso 2026-27. Hasta la fecha, 45 escuelas y distritos se han sumado a la campaña y están recibiendo apoyo, recursos y herramientas continuos centrados en la asistencia.
Los padres, las familias, los educadores y los socios comunitarios pueden visitar www.cdeinfo.org/attendance para obtener información y recursos. Los datos sobre la asistencia y el absentismo crónico a nivel estatal y distrital, así como las tasas de absentismo escolar a nivel estatal, distrital y escolar, están disponibles en el sitio web del CDE.
Tablas de datos de asistencia
Raza/Etnia |
2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
Cambio 24 v 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indígena americano/nativo de Alaska | 85.8% | 87.2% | 88.0% | 87.9% | -0.1% |
| Afroamericano | 88.7% | 89.3% | 90.4% | 90.3% | - 0.1% |
| Asiático | 93.2% | 93.2% | 93.9% | 93.9% | 0% |
| Hawaiano/Isleño del Pacífico | 85.6% | 85.8% | 86.7% | 86.4% | -0.3% |
| Hispano | 87.8% | 88.7% | 89.5% | 89.2% | -0.3% |
| Multiracial | 90.6% | 91.0% | 91.8% | 91.7% | -0.1% |
| Blanco | 91.8% | 92.3% | 93.0% | 92.9% | -0.1% |
|
Grupo de Estudiantes |
2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
Cambio 24 v 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estudiantes sin hogar | 82.7% | 82.9% | 84.2% | 83.8% | -0.4% |
| Estudiantes de familias migrantes | 88.1% | 88.4% | 89.2% | 89.2% | 0% |
| Estudiantes con necesidades especiales | 87.9% | 88.9% | 89.8% | 89.6% | 0.2% |
| Estudiantes multilingües | 88.6% | 89.3% | 90.0% | 89.5% | -0.5% |
| En situación económica desfavorecida | 87.2% | 88.2% | 89.3% | 88.8% | -0.5% |
| Raza/Etnia | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
Cambio 24 v 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indígena americano/nativo de Alaska | 57.2% | 47.7% | 44.4% | 44.8% | 0.4% |
| Afroamericano | 39.9% | 37.3% | 33.2% | 33.7% | 0.5% |
| Asiático | 20.1% | 19.6% | 17.0% | 16.5% | -0.5% |
| Hawaiano/Isleño del Pacífico | 53.3% | 53.1% | 50.1% | 51.1% | 1.0% |
| Hispano | 45.4% | 41.1% | 37.1% | 38.4% | 1.3% |
| Multiracial | 32.5% | 30.4% | 26.6% | 27.2% | 0.6% |
| Blanco | 27.4% | 24.1% | 20.9% | 21.0% | 0.1% |
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Grupo de estudiantes |
2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
Cambio 24 v 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estudiantes sin hogar | 60.7% | 59.5% | 56.0% | 57.1% | 1.1% |
| Estudiantes de familias migrantes | 44.7% | 42.8% | 40.6% | 40.3% | -0.3% |
| Estudiantes con necesidades especiales | 43.9% | 39.4% | 35% | 35.8% | 0.8% |
| Estudiantes multilingües | 43.2% | 39.6% | 36.3% | 38.4% | 2.0% |
| En situación económica desfavorecida | 48.0% | 43.3% | 38.3% | 40.4% | 2.1% |
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La visión del Departamento de Educación de Colorado es crear entornos educativos equitativos donde todos los estudiantes y el personal de Colorado prosperen. Nuestro papel es mejorar los resultados de los estudiantes y garantizar que los estudiantes y las familias de todo Colorado tengan acceso a escuelas de alta calidad, sirviendo, guiando y elevando a los 178 distritos escolares y BOCES de nuestro estado.
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