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Tennessee's Billion-Dollar Turnaround Closes at 53.7% Absent
The Achievement School District ends after a decade with the state's worst chronic absenteeism rate, 85% enrollment loss, and research showing no long-term gains.
Tennessee Education News & Data
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Nearly One in Three Memphis Students Is Chronically Absent
Memphis-Shelby County Schools posted a 30.2% chronic absenteeism rate in 2024-25 while every other major Tennessee district improved. The gap is widening.
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180,000 Students Still Missing Too Much School
Tennessee cut chronic absenteeism from its peak but the pace of improvement halved last year, leaving nearly one in five students chronically absent.