Average Daily Attendance (ADA) is a “snapshot” for a specified period in the academic school year which is usually an average of months 2 (October) and 3 (November). An average of month 1 (August/September) and month 9 (May) of the previous school year may be utilized if higher daily attendance is attained. However, chronic absenteeism spans throughout the current academic school year and is utilized to give a clear correlation between student absences and academic impact.
The percent of enrolled students who attend school each day. While the average daily attendance rate has been used for reporting purposes for many years, the use of a single average measure tends to mask significant attendance problems.
