Create custom statuses

The status manager

Click Attendance Statuses at the top of the attendance grid to open the status manager. This is where you manage all statuses across your classes.

The left panel explains the defaults and how attendance rate works. The right panel shows your Active Statuses — both custom and default — with toggles to enable or disable each one.

Default statuses

Every class includes four built-in statuses:

Status	Icon	Rate impact
Present	✅ Green check	Counts toward rate (+)
Absent	❌ Red X	Reduces rate (−)
Late	🕐 Yellow clock	Counts toward rate (+)
Excused	📋 Blue badge	Does not affect rate (○)

You can toggle any default status on or off — but you can't delete them.

How attendance rate works

Each status affects a student's attendance rate differently:

• + Counts toward rate — the student is considered "present" for that day.
• − Reduces rate — the student is considered "absent" and the rate goes down.
• ○ Does not affect rate — the day is excluded from the calculation entirely (as if it didn't happen).

Create a custom status

1. Click + New Status in the top right of the status manager.
2. Set a name, color, and icon.
3. Choose the rate impact: counts toward rate, reduces rate, or does not affect rate.
4. Choose whether it applies to All Classes or specific classes.

The new status appears under Custom in the status manager and shows up in the attendance grid when marking attendance. These rate impacts flow into your attendance reports and class summaries. The rate also shows on the student's profile.

Ideas for custom statuses:

• Field Trip — does not affect rate
• Early Dismissal — counts toward rate
• Remote / Online — counts toward rate
• Suspended — does not affect rate
• Medical Leave — does not affect rate

Pair custom statuses with status notes for even more context.