Student Attendance Tracking System

A comprehensive system for tracking and analyzing student attendance, with special focus on chronic absenteeism.

Features

• Track attendance for all students
• Analyze attendance patterns and trends
• Identify and monitor chronically absent students (Tier system)
• Track interventions for students with attendance issues
• Generate reports and visualizations
• Analyze demographic patterns in attendance

Tier System

• Tier 1: Students missing 10% or more of school days
• Tier 2: Students missing 15% or more of school days
• Tier 3: Students missing 20% or more of school days (Chronic Absenteeism)

Installation

1. Install Python 3.8 or higher
2. Install required packages:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

1. Import your attendance data:

   • Place your Excel/Numbers files in the data directory
   • Run the import script:

     python src/data_import.py

2. Launch the web interface:

   streamlit run src/app.py

3. Access the system through your web browser at http://localhost:8501

Features by Page

Dashboard

• Overview of attendance trends
• Quick summary of chronic absenteeism
• Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly views

Student Details

• Individual student attendance records
• Attendance rate calculation
• Status indicators for attendance concerns

Chronic Absenteeism

• List of students with attendance concerns
• Filtered by grade level
• Tier-based classification

Demographics

• Attendance patterns by:
  • Grade level
  • Gender
  • Race
  • Time periods

Interventions

• Track intervention history
• Add new interventions
• Monitor intervention outcomes

Data Structure

The system uses SQLite database with the following main tables:

• Students: Basic student information
• AttendanceRecords: Daily attendance records
• Interventions: Tracking of attendance interventions

Support

For questions or issues, please contact your system administrator.