Public MA DESE data showing Massaschusetts School Districts student retention.

The original dataset can be found here. This report presents data on grade retention rates in Massachusetts public schools. The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education defines a student retention as: a student who was reported to have repeated the grade in which he or she was enrolled during the previous school year.

What are the most attending districts? Are there geopraphical patterns to absenteeism? Is there a correlations between retention and absenteeism?

Year (quantitative), District Name (Categorical), Chronically Absent (10% or more) (quantitative)