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These are the Mass. schools with chronic absenteeism rates of 30 percent or higher in 2020-21

Roosevelt Middle School in New Bedford was among the Mass. schools with chronic absenteeism rates of 30 percent or higher in 2020-21.George Rizer for the Boston Glo

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Parents nationwide say their children have fallen behind in school after this difficult year.

In Massachusetts, chronic absenteeism — the percentage of students who missed more than 10 percent of the school year — spiked from Fall River to Rockland to Woburn.

Below are the Massachusetts schools where 30 percent or more of students were chronically absent.


Bianca Vázquez Toness can be reached at bianca.toness@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter at @biancavtoness.