diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
index 2576f9a0728..aa61fbdd313 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ Special attributes:
       a :ref:`generic class <generic-classes>`.
 
    :attr:`~class.__static_attributes__`
-      A tuple containing names of attributes of this class which are accessed
+      A tuple containing names of attributes of this class which are assigned
       through ``self.X`` from any function in its body.
 
    :attr:`__firstlineno__`
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
index 5761712a3c7..5c57b5d7ebe 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ Improved Error Messages
     TypeError: split() got an unexpected keyword argument 'max_split'. Did you mean 'maxsplit'?
 
 * Classes have a new :attr:`~class.__static_attributes__` attribute, populated by the compiler,
-  with a tuple of names of attributes of this class which are accessed
+  with a tuple of names of attributes of this class which are assigned
   through ``self.X`` from any function in its body. (Contributed by Irit Katriel
   in :gh:`115775`.)
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_compile.py b/Lib/test/test_compile.py
index 9def47e101b..4ebc605a398 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_compile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_compile.py
@@ -2089,12 +2089,15 @@ class TestSourcePositions(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(end_col, 20)
 
 
-class TestExpectedAttributes(unittest.TestCase):
+class TestStaticAttributes(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_basic(self):
         class C:
             def f(self):
                 self.a = self.b = 42
+                # read fields are not included
+                self.f()
+                self.arr[3]
 
         self.assertIsInstance(C.__static_attributes__, tuple)
         self.assertEqual(sorted(C.__static_attributes__), ['a', 'b'])
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-07-30-11-41-35.gh-issue-122445.Rq0bjS.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-07-30-11-41-35.gh-issue-122445.Rq0bjS.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f5aa07c6513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-07-30-11-41-35.gh-issue-122445.Rq0bjS.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add only fields which are modified via self.* to :attr:`~class.__static_attributes__`.
diff --git a/Python/compile.c b/Python/compile.c
index 02b5345cedd..87b2c270547 100644
--- a/Python/compile.c
+++ b/Python/compile.c
@@ -563,8 +563,16 @@ compiler_unit_free(struct compiler_unit *u)
 }
 
 static int
-compiler_add_static_attribute_to_class(struct compiler *c, PyObject *attr)
+compiler_maybe_add_static_attribute_to_class(struct compiler *c, expr_ty e)
 {
+    assert(e->kind == Attribute_kind);
+    expr_ty attr_value = e->v.Attribute.value;
+    if (attr_value->kind != Name_kind ||
+        e->v.Attribute.ctx != Store ||
+        !_PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(attr_value->v.Name.id, "self"))
+    {
+        return SUCCESS;
+    }
     Py_ssize_t stack_size = PyList_GET_SIZE(c->c_stack);
     for (Py_ssize_t i = stack_size - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
         PyObject *capsule = PyList_GET_ITEM(c->c_stack, i);
@@ -573,7 +581,7 @@ compiler_add_static_attribute_to_class(struct compiler *c, PyObject *attr)
         assert(u);
         if (u->u_scope_type == COMPILER_SCOPE_CLASS) {
             assert(u->u_static_attributes);
-            RETURN_IF_ERROR(PySet_Add(u->u_static_attributes, attr));
+            RETURN_IF_ERROR(PySet_Add(u->u_static_attributes, e->v.Attribute.attr));
             break;
         }
     }
@@ -6065,11 +6073,7 @@ compiler_visit_expr(struct compiler *c, expr_ty e)
             ADDOP(c, loc, NOP);
             return SUCCESS;
         }
-        if (e->v.Attribute.value->kind == Name_kind &&
-            _PyUnicode_EqualToASCIIString(e->v.Attribute.value->v.Name.id, "self"))
-        {
-            RETURN_IF_ERROR(compiler_add_static_attribute_to_class(c, e->v.Attribute.attr));
-        }
+        RETURN_IF_ERROR(compiler_maybe_add_static_attribute_to_class(c, e));
         VISIT(c, expr, e->v.Attribute.value);
         loc = LOC(e);
         loc = update_start_location_to_match_attr(c, loc, e);