![]() Statewide, the high school attendance rate was 90.3% in 2021-22 and 91.1% in 2022-23. Attendance has begun to rise again since 2020, to a rate of 91.4% in 2021-22 and 93.5% in 2022-23, according to Hollister High School. ![]() Overall attendance rates at Hollister High were 96% the year before the pandemic in 2018-19 dropping to 90.9% in 2020-21. That rate more than doubled the year of the pandemic-to 22.6% in 2019-20 26.7% in 2020-21 and 26.4% for the 2022-23 school year. The increase of chronic absenteeism will not resolve itself with the passage of time, and San Benito High School District staff are taking “proactive measures to address and reverse this decline and ensure that students continue to receive a quality education despite ongoing challenges,” the district said in a statement to this newspaper.ĭuring the 2018-19 school year, 9% of Hollister High students were chronically absent, according to data compiled by the district. More concerning among local high school officials is the rate of “chronic absenteeism,” which is defined as missing at least 10% of school days throughout a school year and has risen dramatically since 2019. While the overall attendance rate among Hollister High School students is higher than the state average, the number has noticeably dropped since the Covid-19 pandemic and associated restrictions forced students out of the classroom to learn online starting in early 2020. Hollister High-like many schools throughout the U.S.-has seen student attendance decline since the pandemic, and local educators are addressing the issue by identifying the data behind the numbers and partnering with the local school and business community. ![]()
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