§ 46301 Computing Average Daily Attendance

Education Code·California

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•This law is about figuring out how many kids go to school on average each day.
•If there's no special rule for counting, you just divide the total days kids were at school by the number of days school was open (not counting weekends).
•It helps schools know how many kids usually show up.

Example

A school wants to know how many kids come to school on an average day.

They count all the days kids were at school and divide by the number of days school was open (not counting Saturdays and Sundays).

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§ 46301 Computing Average Daily Attendance

Whenever it is necessary to compute the average daily attendance of a school of a district for any certain purpose and no provision is made for the computation thereof for such purpose, the average daily attendance of the school shall be computed by dividing the total number of days of pupil attendance allowed by the number of days school was actually taught in the regular day schools of the district, exclusive of Saturdays or Sundays. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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attendance student school computation

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Education Code. Section 46301.

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