Burlingame Students Have Low Truancy Rate

With a new school year approaching, Burlingame School District parents are reminded that if a student arrives late or misses school, the student must bring a parent or guardian written note explaining the child’s absence, or risk their child being considered truant.

Failing to bring a note just three times results in the student being considered a truant.

According to data released by the California Department of Education, 72 students received the truant designation during the 2010-2011 school year.

Those 72 students are part of the 2,769 student enrollment, resulting in a district-wide 2.6 percent truancy rate.

This rate is significantly lower than the county rate of 25.07 percent and the state rate of 26.76 percent for the same year.

The number of students considered truant ranged from one each at and elementary schools to 48 at accounting for more than half of the district’s truants.

The school district’s expulsion rate was much lower than the county and state with only two students expelled from during the school year.  The number of students expelled at the county level was 289 during that school year, while 15,930 were expelled at the state level.

*Truants are an unexcused absence or tardy on 3 or more days

Look up other districts' expulsion, suspension and truancy rates on the state's website.

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