LAUSD Student Truancy Rates Above County, State Average

The number of students absent without an excuse in 2011-12 at the Los Angeles Unified School District was well above state and county average, according to state figures released in April.

According to those figures, 43.3 percent of LAUSD students were truant at least once in 2011-12.  That compares with 32.4 percent of students in L.A. County and a 28.5 percent average statewide.

At Eagle Rock High, 66.8 percent of students were reported truant at least once in the 2011-12 school year, according to the report.  At Eagle Rock Elementary, the rate was 22.2 percent.

Truancy rates for each school can be found in the database above.

The data comes from a report issued in April by the California Department of Education, which looks at suspensions, expulsion and truancy at schools across the state.  More data on the subject can be found at the state's website under the 'Expulsion, Suspension and Truancy' category.

How to Use the Above Map and Form

The above map shows the truancy rate for each unified school district in the county.  Districts that service just one level of school are not pictured on the map.  Clicking on each district gives the suspension rate, expulsion rate, truancy rates and more.

The map's is color-coded with the greener shades having lower rates than the state average, the yellows and orange around or between the county and state average and the red's above both county and state average.

The database below the map allows you to look up more data for each school district or for any individual school in the county.  Be sure to use just one of the two categories to search; use either 'district' or 'school,' not both.

On the list of schools the database shows, schools in green have truancy rates at least 10 percent below the state average, while yellow schools are within 10 percent and red ones at least 10 percent above.

Please note the raw figures show the number of students who were truant not the total number of unexcused absences -- some students were truant more than once.