Attendance rates dropped by over 4% in Australian schools in 2022. (Multiply by number of kids and that’s a…

Attendance rates dropped by over 4% in Australian schools in 2022. (Multiply by number of kids and that’s a lot of kids away.) Attendance level (who was there more than 90% of the time, a key educational metric) fell over 21%.

Acara statistics. Also this is years 1-10. Exclude infants and primary schools and the numbers are even (much) worse.