(Richmond, IN)--Last week, Kicks 96 and 101.7 The Point News reported on Richmond Community School enrollment figures.  Now, here’s a look at another number…chronic absenteeism.  A student is described a chronically absent if he or she misses at least ten days in a school year.  Absenteeism has been a recent focus of RCS administrators.  The good news is that Richmond’s rate of chronic absenteeism is coming down; the bad news is that it remains very high.  According to new numbers from the state, 30% of RCS students were chronically absent last year.  That's down from 33% the year before.  No other public school in Wayne County is even close to Richmond's 30% number.  Centerville’s number is 10%.  Northeastern’s chronically absent rate is 8%.