I had friends who taught in the New Orleans public school system. They told me 30 years ago that when it rains, the Blacks didn’t go to school.
Yeah, there’s a reason why the minority divide always puts Asians and Jews with the whites, and Blacks and Latinos together. There are just cultural norms having to do with work and effort that... are... well... THERE. Some people rise above, and some people sink below, but... there you have it.
Here in NJ the only way to get them to show up is by threatening the mothers’ freebies. The kids show up and simply play; education isn’t even on the table.