Commonwealth staff carefully monitors student attendance to identify those students exhibiting poor attendance patterns. This chart displays the total student attendance rate for the past three years. We have identified students with excessively high unexcused absentee rates. This table displays the number of students for the past three years with high unexcused absentee rates. The office staff is in close contact with these families to determine reasons for the absences, and to improve attendance at school.
Staff works with parents and students to identify valid reasons for missing a day of school.
It is important to note that the primary source of state income to schools is based upon attendance. The higher the unexcused absence rate, the less income the school district receives. At Commonwealth, the ratio of students per teacher varies by the grade level taught. Class size is directly related to funding received from the State. There were a total of 47 minimum days at Commonwealth during the 1994-95 school year.