Hungry Students, High Absenteeism

Among other issues (see here), students with an inadequate food supply tend to miss more days of school than students who have enough food at home (Danzig & Bernier, 2008). Below is the average number of school absences for cities in Massachusetts that have been determined to have the state's hungriest children.

Haverhill	12.1
Metheun	9.7
Lawrence	11.8
Lowell	11.3
Fitchburg	12.1
Peabody	9.1
Lynn	10.8
Shirley	6.4
Cambridge	10.2
Revere	9.5
Chelsea	9.7
Gloucester	12
Salem	11.1
Boston	13.6
Qunicy	8.7
Grafton	8
Brockton	10.8
Fall River	14.1
Webster	9.4
Amherst	7.9
Holyoke	15.3
Chicopee	11.8
Springfield	15.7
West Springfield	9.5
Westfield	10.1
New Bedford	13
Taunton	8.8
Framingham	8.5
Worcester	9.3

All data taken from: http://www.doe.mass.gov/

Citation:
Danzig, B. and Bernier, J. (2008). Child poverty in Massachusetts: a tale of 2 states. Massachusetts Citizens for Children, 1-63.