State data shows 88,000 students with high needs were chronically absent last year; and that the number has since declined to 82,500.Only 6% of students without high needs were deemed chronically absent in the 2019 school year, but that number has steadily increased to 7.Data from the first three months of this school year shows a jump from 29,000 to 41,000 chronically absent non-high-needs students.However, absenteeism trends among students without high needs are continuing.