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In 2024-25, over 380,000 North Carolina students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of the school year. That equates to a month or more of missed instruction, daily routines, and peer connection.

While North Carolina continues to face a serious attendance challenge, schools across the state are also showing that significant improvement is possible. The problem is statewide, but the solutions are local.

Attendance Works’ 50% Challenge offers a simple but ambitious goal for states: cut chronic absenteeism in half by supporting the conditions that ensure effective solutions are adopted at scale.