A Survey Of School Attendance In Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1954-1955

The relationship of the attendance issue to various school problems has created a need for statistical data relating to the factors of school attendance. The purpose of this study was to survey the school attendance in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina for 1954-1955 in an attempt to determine the status of attendance, to ascertain the organization for the administration of attendance, to derive major causes for non-attendance, and to score individual cases of perfect attendance and excessive absence.