Statewide Attendance Dashboard launches to assist communities with reducing chronic absence, virtual town hall will support data use
4/21/2026
Governor DeWine and Department of Education and Workforce release public tool for student attendance data
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Director Stephen D. Dackin have launched Ohio’s Statewide Attendance Dashboard, a public tool designed to provide fast, transparent, and easy-to-use attendance data to help schools, families, and communities reduce chronic absenteeism and keep more students in the classroom.
Join the Department for a town hall on April 30 at noon, a virtual gathering where participants will learn how to navigate Ohio's Attendance Dashboard and explore ways anyone can support their school community in reducing chronic absence in Ohio.
The dashboard is updated weekly with the most recent data available, allowing users to track statewide attendance trends and view chronic absenteeism rates by district, school building, and grade level.
The dashboard displays a trend line showing the percentage of students who are on track to be chronically absent over the course of the school year. Users can hover over each week to see the chronic absenteeism rate at that point in time.
In addition to statewide data, users can search for individual districts and school buildings and view attendance data down to the grade level. The tool also allows users to compare school districts and other cohorts to see how their attendance trends compare over time.
Users can also view the percentage of students in each of the following attendance categories:
- Satisfactory (absent less than 5% of hours)
- At-risk (absent between 5-10% of hours)
- Moderate chronic absence (absent between 10-20% of hours)
- Severe chronic absence (absent more than 20% of hours)
In Ohio, a student is considered chronically absent when they miss at least 10% of the minimum number of hours required in the school year for any reason – including excused absences. Students only need to miss the equivalent of two to three days per month to be on track to be chronically absent. By the end of the school year, this equates to missing nearly a full month of school.
The consequences of missing school are significant. Studies show that students with good attendance are three times more likely to be proficient readers, nearly four times more likely to be proficient in math, and almost 12 times more likely to graduate on time than students who are chronically absent.
Some districts and community schools are not yet represented in the tool. Many of those schools are actively working to update their data systems – including coordination with third-party vendors – so that they can provide attendance data in the correct format to populate within the dashboard.
The Statewide Attendance Dashboard was developed through a partnership between the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce and the Stay in the Game! Attendance Network.
The Management Council, a key partner in the Ohio Education Computer Network, developed the Statewide Attendance Dashboard and works closely with districts and information technology centers to ensure students have appropriate connectivity, support, software, and digital resources to succeed today and into the future. Ohio’s 16 information technology centers serve more than 1.5 million students in public school districts, career centers, and community schools, providing high-quality internet access and a wide range of technology services that support both operations and learning.
View the dashboard at Attendance.Ohio.gov.