Bessemer City
Alabama · 7 schools · 3,246 students
22.9%
Chronic Absence %
→
6.9%
Peer Benchmark
Rank #1078
Priority: 22/100
93,705
Recoverable Days
16.0 pts
Gap to Peers
24.5pp
Subgroup Disparity
7
Schools
Explanation
This school's chronic absenteeism rate is 22.9%, but peers in similar contexts achieve 6.9%. Closing this 16.0% gap across 3,246 students would recover approximately 93,705 attendance days per year.
Subgroup disparity score of 24.5% indicates meaningful differences in chronic absenteeism across student demographics.
Priority Score Breakdown
Trend Over Time
Schools in this District
| Rank | School | Enrollment | CA Rate | Recoverable Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 970 | Bessemer City High School | 850 | 63.2% | 82,591 |
| 8947 | Jonesboro Elementary School | 525 | 37.1% | 24,717 |
| 31309 | Greenwood Elementary School | 286 | 23.4% | 6,340 |
| 32747 | Westhills Elementary School | 315 | 20.3% | 5,744 |
| 52493 | Charles F Hard Elementary School | 342 | 9.9% | 0 |
| 52494 | Bessemer City Middle School | 674 | 3.3% | 0 |
| 52495 | Abrams Elementary School | 254 | 3.1% | 0 |