District 15: chronic absenteeism by school
Brooklyn, New York City · 51 schools
25.8%
chronically absent in 2024-25
33.3%
all NYC public schools
35
of 51 schools lowered their rate from 2023-24
The district rate fell 2.5 points from 2023-24, and was 19.5% in 2018-19, before the pandemic.
Schools in District 15
District 15 by year
| Year | District | NYC |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 19.5% | 26.5% |
| 2019-20 | 19.9% | 25.1% |
| 2020-21 | 24.9% | 29.7% |
| 2021-22 | 33.8% | 40.4% |
| 2022-23 | 32.4% | 36.2% |
| 2023-24 | 28.3% | 34.8% |
| 2024-25 | 25.8% | 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 15.
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.