Strategic StudentStudent Support Needs Estimator
Enter what you already know about a student across attendance, academics, behavior, and stability. Get a support estimate informed by early-warning research, an indicator-by-indicator read, and matched interventions. No PII. No login. Everything runs in your browser.
Step 1 · Enter what you know
No PIIPick the student's current grade.
Select all that apply. Student characteristics don't change the estimate; they help match supports that fit.
Percent of school days missed so far. Pick the band that fits.
School changes across the student's whole history.
Suspensions, expulsions, or serious disciplinary actions.
Cumulative GPA, rounded to the nearest half point.
The student's level of engagement and participation in class.
Data can highlight where a student needs support, but it'll never define them. Every student has the power to change their trajectory and be successful.
Your estimate will appear here
Enter what you know above, then choose Estimate to see this student's support picture, an indicator-by-indicator read, and matched interventions.
A screening estimate to guide a conversation, not a probability or a diagnosis.
Where to focus
Indicator-by-indicator read & matched interventions
These recommendations are starting points, not prescriptions. Educators know their students best. Use these data-driven insights alongside your professional judgment.
How this works
What goes in. Four indicators, each scored 0 to 100. Attendance uses the chronic absenteeism band you pick (0-6.99%, 7-9.99%, 10-14.99%, 15-19.99%, 20-29.99%, 30%+), mapped to a representative percent and run through a smooth curve. Academics uses GPA on a curve anchored to the research: 3.0 scores 10, 2.5 scores 20, 2.0 scores 35 (the on-track line), 1.0 scores 80. Behavior counts major events (0, 1, 2, 3+). Stability blends school moves (60%) with classroom participation (40%).
How they combine. Attendance 35%, academics 35%, behavior 20%, stability 10%. If no GPA is entered, academics are left out and the other three weights are rescaled so a missing domain never lowers the estimate. Two or more concerning indicators amplify the total, because risks compound. Any single indicator above 70 adds a severity bonus.
Where the lines are. 0-30 On Track, 31-55 Monitor, 56-75 Elevated, 76-100 Urgent. The number is rounded before the band is assigned, so the score and the label always agree. A few guardrails apply on top: 4+ behavior events, a GPA under 0.5, or 30%+ absence always reads Urgent; 2+ events or 15%+ absence never reads On Track.
What does not move the number. Low-SES, IEP, and EL do not change the estimate. They are used only to surface supports that fit the student.
Sources. Attendance Works defines chronic absence as missing 10% or more of school and severe chronic absence as 20% or more. Allensworth and Easton (2005), University of Chicago Consortium, established the Freshman On-Track indicator from course credits and course failures, and their 2007 follow-up showed freshman GPA, with 2.0 as the key line, to be among the strongest predictors of graduation. Balfanz and colleagues established the ABC early warning indicators: Attendance, Behavior, and Course performance. This tool is a screening estimate shaped by that research, not a validated predictive model.
Every estimate points toward action. When you're ready to act, the full intervention library holds 200+ research-backed supports across attendance, academics, behavior, and stability, each one matched to the indicators this tool reads. They're starting points, not prescriptions. You know your students best, so use them alongside your professional judgment.