District 1: chronic absenteeism by school
Manhattan, New York City · 23 schools
35.3%
chronically absent in 2024-25
33.3%
all NYC public schools
13
of 23 schools lowered their rate from 2023-24
The district rate fell 4.4 points from 2023-24, and was 29.2% in 2018-19, before the pandemic.
Schools in District 1
District 1 by year
| Year | District | NYC |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 29.2% | 26.5% |
| 2019-20 | 27.9% | 25.1% |
| 2020-21 | 28.3% | 29.7% |
| 2021-22 | 42.6% | 40.4% |
| 2022-23 | 40.1% | 36.2% |
| 2023-24 | 39.7% | 34.8% |
| 2024-25 | 35.3% | 33.3% |
▼ and ▲ show the change in percentage points from 2023-24. Source: NYC Public Schools, End-of-Year Attendance and Chronic Absenteeism Data. The district rate includes transfer schools, which the school-level data leaves out.
Every absence followed up, across District 1.
BrainBridge gives each school’s attendance team a daily follow-up list from the ATS file, family texts from each staff member’s own line, and a weekly meeting agenda, with the records A-210 asks for.