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

School2024-25Change
Brooklyn Collaborative Studies15K44851.5%steady
Brooklyn High School of the Arts15K65632.8%down 2.0
Cobble Hill School of American Studies15K51945.1%up 3.5
Cyberarts Studio Academy15K46341.5%down 11.2
Digital Arts and Cinema Technology High School15K42935.1%down 1.2
Global Innovators Academy15K42815.4%–
I.S. 136 Charles O. Dewey15K13627.4%down 2.4
J.H.S. 088 Peter Rouget15K08829.9%up 2.0
John Jay School for Law15K46236.2%down 12.6
Khalil Gibran International Academy15K59243.8%down 9.9
M.S. 442 Carroll Gardens School for Innovation15K44214.9%steady
M.S. 51 William Alexander15K05116.4%down 3.3
M.S. 83915K83915.5%down 7.9
Magnet School of Math, Science and Design Technology15K01014.1%up 0.6
Millennium Brooklyn HS15K68425.8%up 6.5
New Voices School of Academic & Creative Arts15K44316.8%down 3.4
P.S. 001 The Bergen15K00138.1%up 3.7
P.S. 015 Patrick F. Daly15K01544.9%down 8.3
P.S. 02415K02430.6%down 8.2
P.S. 029 John M. Harrigan15K0295.3%down 2.9
P.S. 032 Samuel Mills Sprole15K03225.6%down 3.9
P.S. 038 The Pacific15K03824.6%down 3.7
P.S. 039 Henry Bristow15K03912.3%down 0.7
P.S. 058 The Carroll15K05810.4%down 1.2
P.S. 094 The Henry Longfellow15K09414.9%up 3.3
P.S. 107 John W. Kimball15K1076.3%down 5.5
P.S. 124 Silas B. Dutcher15K12458.3%up 3.8
P.S. 130 The Parkside15K13017.6%down 1.3
P.S. 131 Brooklyn15K13121.1%up 1.6
P.S. 169 Sunset Park15K16918.5%down 1.9
P.S. 172 The Annette Hendrickson Beacon School of Excellence15K17223.2%down 1.8
P.S. 230 Doris L. Cohen15K23025.1%down 3.1
P.S. 261 Zipporiah Mills15K26115.8%down 5.5
P.S. 29515K29534.1%steady
P.S. 321 William Penn15K3216.1%down 2.7
P.S. 95815K95831.5%down 10.1
Park Slope Collegiate15K46421.6%down 33.4
Pre-K Center at Bishop Ford School Site15K86331.4%down 7.4
Red Hook Neighborhood School15K67625.4%down 6.6
Sunset Park Avenues Elementary School15K51631.5%down 2.0
Sunset Park High School15K66745.2%up 3.1
Sunset Park Prep15K82127.9%down 6.7
The Boerum Hill School for International Studies15K49730.9%down 1.0
The Brooklyn New School, P.S. 14615K14621.7%down 4.1
The Children's School15K41818.7%down 2.2
The Elizabeth Jennings School for Bold Explorers15K45643.1%–
The Exploratory School15K44711.5%down 1.5
The Little Brooklyn Pre-K Center15K76738.2%down 5.6
The Maurice Sendak Community School15K11818.9%up 4.5
The School of Creativity and Innovation15K89623.0%up 2.1
The Windsor Terrace School15K1548.6%down 3.7

District 15 by year

YearDistrictNYC
2018-1919.5%26.5%
2019-2019.9%25.1%
2020-2124.9%29.7%
2021-2233.8%40.4%
2022-2332.4%36.2%
2023-2428.3%34.8%
2024-2525.8%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.