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Dublin Schools' Truancy Rate Well Below State Average
Highest rates are at Valley Continuation High and Frederiksen Elementary. What should educators do to tackle this issue?
About 15 percent of Dublin Unified students were reported as truant during the past school year, according to information released by the state superintendent's office.
The district's truancy rate is well below both the state average and the county average.
Truancy is defined as any student who misses 30 minutes or more of class time without a valid excuse at least three times in one school year.
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The highest rate in the district was found at Valley Continuation High with 27 percent.
The next highest was Frederiksen Elementary at 21 percent.
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Dublin High School was listed as just under 15 percent.
All the other schools in the district were between 10 and 20 percent.
Below is a table from data gleaned from the state superintendent's website. You can view data on suspensions, expulsions and truancy at individual schools here.
School Enrollment Truants Truancy Rate Dougherty Elementary 756 89 11.8 Dublin Elementary 590 112 19 Dublin High 1,721 257 14.9 Fallon Middle 753 80 10.6 Frederiksen Elementary 658 142 21.6 Green Elementary 757 122 16.1 Kolb Elementary 669 132 19.7 Murray Elementary 421 62 14.7 Valley Continuation High 121 33 27.3 Wells Middle 720 82 11.4 Dublin Unified District Total 7,077 1,111 15.7 Alameda County Total 33.9 California Total 28.5Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
