Bay Area Edition | November 2025

Education

BY HALEY VELASCO

Clear Creek ISD ocials are seeing attendance rates throughout the district rise to over 96%—a rate it has not seen since before COVID-19. While the district did not include attendance data for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years, attendance rates were over 97% in the 2016-17 school year, and dropped to nearly 92% in the 2022-23 school year. District ocials noted the COVID-19 pandemic changed CCISD’s “culture and attendance patterns.” Clear Creek ISD sees uptick in attendance rates

Why it matters

Clear Creek ISD's attendance rates

0% 90% 92% 94% 96% 98% 100%

97.1%

Texas school districts receive state funding based on average daily attendance, or ADA. Higher attendance can increase a district’s funding, while lower attendance can reduce the amount received, according to the Texas Education Agency.

96.31%

“We know that every day counts. Attendance is the heartbeat behind all of what we do for our teachers, for our students, for our families. It really is the heartbeat of a healthy school.” HOLLY HUGHES, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, CLEAR CREEK ISD

School year

*AS OF OCT. 10 SOURCE: CLEAR CREEK ISDCOMMUNITY IMPACT

NOTE: DATA DOES NOT INCLUDE THE 202021 AND 202122 SCHOOL YEARS.

To keep attendance rates high, district ocials developed an attendance tier dashboard, which gave each campus daily information on which students weren’t attending school.

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