Four out of 10 Latino students in New York miss classes, according to a study

Lose students high school of Hispanic and Latino origin in the state New York in the academic year 2022-2023 they provided a absence rate school 43.7%, 9.6 percentage points more than the total level of students of this age, according to a report published this Friday.

The ‘Skipping Class’ study, released today by the State Governor’s Office, also reveals that American Indian or Native American students Alaska They had a level of school truancy 47.3%, African Americans 46.4%, whites 24.7% and Asians or Native Americans Hawaii and from other Pacific islands 21.3%.

The United States Department of Education defines the chronic absence as the percentage of students who miss at least 10% of school year days, which equates to approximately 18 days.

According to the report, the rate of absence school was more prominent among them high school students34.1%, 7.6 percentage points more than in primary and secondary schools.

According to the study, school absenteeism worsened with the pandemic. (Reuters/Adam Gray)

Absenteeism also increases in the case of students with less economic resources (43.9%), in English students (43.5%) and in those with disabilities (44.8%).

The report indicates that this problem grew during the epidemic disease and at its peak in the 2021-2022 school year, and in the 2022-2023 school year, 1 in every 3 students was regularly missing school.

The State Governor, Thomas Dinapoli, indicates in the report that the disruptions to classes during the epidemic disease “They have had an ongoing negative impact on students than New York”, and since then rates of chronic absenteeism “have remained high, particularly among vulnerable students and in high-needs schools.”

Dinapoli explains that class attendance suffers when families and caregivers are “difficult with school routines,” while other factors such as lack of reliable transportation, working long or irregular hours with little flexibility, and health problems can “add to the problem.”

With information from EFE