To stay away from school without an excuse:
| PLAY HOOKEY | 779 |
| SKIP SCHOOL | 152 |
| PLAY TRUANT | 44 |
| SKIP | 41 |
| TRUANT | 38 |
| LAY OUT | 34 |
| CUT SCHOOL | 29 |
| NR | 14 |
| HOOKEY | 13 |
| CUT | 11 |
| SKIP CLASS | 11 |
| BAG SCHOOL | 10 |
| CUT CLASS | 8 |
| CUT CLASSES | 8 |
| DITCH | 8 |
| ABSENT | 7 |
| TARDY | 7 |
| BE ABSENT | 6 |
| BE TARDY | 6 |
| LAY OUT OF SCHOOL | 6 |
| TRUANCY | 6 |
| DITCH SCHOOL | 5 |
| STAY OUT | 5 |
| BE TRUANT | 3 |
| SKIP OUT | 3 |
| ABSENCE | 2 |
| ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE | 2 |
| BUM | 2 |
| BUNKIN’ | 2 |
| CUT HOOKY | 2 |
| HOOK SCHOOL | 2 |
| HOOKING | 2 |
| JUMP SCHOOL | 2 |
| PLAY TARDY | 2 |
| SLIP OFF | 2 |
| SLOUGH | 2 |
| AWOL | 1 |
| BE ABSENT WITHOUT AN EXCUSE | 1 |
| BOLT SCHOOL | 1 |
| BUM SCHOOL | 1 |
| COP OUT | 1 |
| COUNT TARDY | 1 |
| CUT A CLASS | 1 |
| CUT OUT | 1 |
| DELINQUENT | 1 |
| DODGE SCHOOL | 1 |
| DROP BACK | 1 |
| FAKE IT OUT | 1 |
| GET INTO TROUBLE | 1 |
| GO AWOL | 1 |
| GO FISHING | 1 |
| GOLDBRICK | 1 |
| GYP | 1 |
| HOOK JACK | 1 |
| HOOKYING | 1 |
| HOP SCHOOL | 1 |
| ILLEGAL EXCUSE | 1 |
| JOOK SCHOOL | 1 |
| JUMP CLASS | 1 |
| LAMMED OUT | 1 |
| LAYIN’ OFF FROM SCHOOL | 1 |
| LIE OUT OF SCHOOL | 1 |
| MAKE BELIEVE | 1 |
| PLAY ABSENT | 1 |
| PLAY HOOK | 1 |
| PLAY OFF | 1 |
| PLAY POSSUM | 1 |
| PLAY SICK | 1 |
| PLAY WHOOPIE | 1 |
| PLAYING YUK | 1 |
| RUN OUT | 1 |
| SCHOOL BUS FEVER | 1 |
| SHUCK AND JIVE | 1 |
| SKIP A CLASS | 1 |
| SKIP CLASSES | 1 |
| SLIP OFF FROM SCHOOL | 1 |
| SLIP OUT | 1 |
| TAKE OFF | 1 |
| UNEXCUSABLE ABSENCE | 1 |
| UNEXCUSED | 1 |
| UNEXCUSED ABSENCE | 1 |
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