About half of Baltimore City students are chronically absent. Which schools have highest, lowest rates?

Principal James Sargent beamed as he held up a large trophy before a packed classroom of students and staff.

The prize recognized Success Academy, a small alternative program in East Baltimore, as the latest winner of Mayor Brandon Scott’s attendance challenge. The quarterly contest seeks to motivate students to be consistently present in school after the coronavirus pandemic severely impacted attendance.

After school closures and quarantines, every state saw a dramatic spike in chronic absenteeism ...