
What Is an Attendance Percentage and How Is It Calculated for Students?
What is student attendance percentage, how is it calculated, and what counts as a good attendance rate? Clear answers with examples for teachers, parents, and students
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Create a class, set the academic year, and add students one by one or via Excel bulk import.
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| Feature | Free | Teacher | Tutor+ Popular | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teachers | 1 | 1 | 3 | 50 |
| Admin/Manager Accounts | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Classes | 1 | 5 | 10 | Unlimited |
| Students | 30 | 200 | 500 | Unlimited |
| Smart Attendance Marking | ||||
| Auto-Save & Notes | ||||
| Academic Year Management | ||||
| Non-Working Days & Holidays | ||||
| Excel, CSV & PDF Exports | ||||
| Smart Insights & Absence Alerts | ||||
| Bulk Student Import | ||||
| Custom Fields | ||||
| Advanced Reporting Filters | ||||
| Announcements System | ||||
| Multi-Teacher Management | ||||
| Manager Dashboard & Team Overview | ||||
| Scheduled Email Reports | ||||
| Class Schedules & Timetable | — | Add-on | Add-on | Included |
| Per-Period Attendance & Dedicated Teachers | ||||
| Parent Portal Access | ||||
| Schedule Change Notifications | ||||
| Audit Logs | ||||
| Priority Support | ||||
| Price | $0forever | $19.99/month | $34.99/month | $349.99/month |
Everything you need to know about DigiAttend attendance management system
DigiAttend provides a smart digital attendance system that allows teachers to mark attendance with just a few clicks. It supports multiple statuses including Present, Late, Excused Absent, and Unexcused Absent. All attendance data is auto-saved in real-time, and teachers can add per-student notes for detailed record-keeping.
DigiAttend offers four attendance statuses: Present, Late, Excused Absent, and Absent. Each status can be accompanied by collapsible per-student notes, allowing teachers to document reasons for absences or late arrivals. This detailed tracking helps create accurate attendance reports.
Yes. You can generate detailed reports with date range, academic-year, and activity/period filters, view class-wise and student-wise breakdowns, and export to Excel (XLSX), CSV, or PDF with a single click. Reports automatically respect your academic year boundaries.
Smart Insights analyse your attendance data and surface trends plus weekly attendance drop alerts on the Reports page for every plan. Insights are saved, so you can mark an alert as reviewed and it won't keep repeating.
DigiAttend allows you to define academic year start and end dates for each class individually. All attendance reports, overviews, and analytics automatically respect these boundaries, ensuring accurate tracking throughout the school year without mixing data from different academic periods.
Absolutely! DigiAttend supports bulk student import via Excel spreadsheets. You can upload student data including names, roll numbers, parent contact information, and any custom fields you have defined. This saves hours of manual data entry when setting up new classes.
Custom fields allow you to define additional information fields specific to each class. For example, you can add fields for parent phone numbers, emergency contacts, student ID numbers, or any other relevant information. These fields appear on student profiles and can be included in reports.
You can mark non-working days either globally (for all classes) or per individual class, for past or upcoming dates. The attendance calendar highlights these days, preventing accidental marking on non-school days and ensuring accurate attendance percentage calculations.
Yes. On the School plan you can create named activities/periods for a class timetable, assign a dedicated teacher to each period, and mark attendance separately for every period. Class Schedules & Timetable is included in the School plan and available as an add-on for Teacher and Tutor+ accounts.
The Parent Portal (available on School plan) allows parents to register and link to their children using secure verification tokens. Once verified, parents can view their child's real-time attendance records, receive announcements from the school, and stay connected with their child's attendance performance.
DigiAttend features a hierarchical role system with Admin, Manager, Teacher, and Parent roles. Admins have full system access, Managers can oversee teachers and classes within their school, Teachers mark attendance for their assigned classes, and Parents can view their linked students' records.
Yes! On the School plan, Managers get access to a real-time attendance overview dashboard. This shows live attendance status across all classes and teachers, allowing administrators to track daily marking progress at a glance and identify any classes that haven't been marked.
Yes, DigiAttend offers a Free Forever plan with 1 teacher, 1 class, and up to 30 students — no credit card required. Paid plans scale from there: the Teacher plan ($19.99/month) covers 5 classes and 200 students, Tutor+ ($34.99/month) adds a manager, 3 teachers, 10 classes and 500 students, and the School plan ($349.99/month) offers up to 50 teachers with unlimited classes and students, the Parent Portal, timetables and audit logs.
DigiAttend takes data security seriously. All data is encrypted and securely stored. Each user can only access their own data, and role-based access control ensures that teachers, managers, and parents only see information relevant to their role. Your attendance data belongs solely to you.
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