FACTS for students with attendance rates below 80%: 2014-2015 2014-2015 Fairbanks North Star Borough School District ATTENDANCE MATTERS FACTS for students with attendance rates below 80%: Represent 9% of 7th-12th graders and miss over 7 weeks of school! If they also have less than a C average, only 9% graduate Even if they have a C average or better, only 48% graduate They are 14 times more likely to dropout About 51% meet state standards in Math Their average GPA is more than 1 letter grade lower than their peers Dropout rate can be cut in HALF if attendance IMPROVES Alternative programs excluded from the analysis due to fundamentally different attendance information; Graduation data compiled over 8 years (05-06 to 12-13) Prepared by Ellis M. Ott, Ph.D. – Research & Accountability