Absentee rates in the Pella Community School District remain low in the second semester. A total of 2.4% of students were out of class on Friday, which remains close to the average since students returned from winter break. In total, 1.3% of the student body was in quarantine due to a potential close contact for COVID-19, which is also near the mean. A total of .3% of staff were out for COVID-19, all at Jefferson Intermediate School, and there are two confirmed positive cases among students.