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Fairfield Still Beats the State Average on Attendance -- but Its Rate Has Gotten Worse Every Year for Seven Straight

Fairfield School District sits in Fairfield County, one of the wealthiest counties in the United States. Median household income exceeds $120,000. The schools are well-funded, well-staffed, and well-r...

The 27.8-Point Gap: Hartford and Greenwich's Separate Attendance Realities

Greenwich reported a 0.1% chronic absenteeism rate in 2020 — one student in a thousand missing 10% or more of school days. Forty miles southwest on I-95, Hartford reported 27.9%. Nearly three in ten s...