District 17: chronic absenteeism by school

Brooklyn, New York City · 46 schools

35.2%

chronically absent in 2024-25

33.3%

all NYC public schools

of 46 schools lowered their rate from 2023-24

The district rate held steady from 2023-24, and was 30.7% in 2018-19, before the pandemic.

Schools in District 17

School	2024-25	Change
Academy for College Preparation and Career Exploration: A College Board School17K382	11.6%	steady
Academy for Health Careers17K751	59.4%	up 3.8
Academy of Hospitality and Tourism17K408	52.1%	up 2.6
Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment17K547	29.7%	down 23.1
Brooklyn Arts and Science Elementary School17K705	34.8%	down 1.1
Brooklyn Institute for Liberal Arts17K745	45.8%	up 7.7
Brooklyn School for Music & Theatre17K548	47.2%	up 4.7
Clara Barton High School17K600	25.9%	up 3.6
Dr. Jacqueline Peek-Davis School17K012	53.5%	steady
Ebbets Field Middle School17K352	35.5%	up 4.0
High School for Public Service: Heroes of Tomorrow17K546	40.5%	up 2.8
High School for Service & Learning at Erasmus17K539	47.4%	down 0.6
High School for Youth and Community Development at Erasmus17K537	21.1%	up 10.3
I.S. 34017K340	27.5%	down 2.1
International High School at Prospect Heights17K524	47.7%	up 5.5
M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell17K061	46.8%	down 8.9
M.S. 246 Walt Whitman17K246	40.1%	up 4.7
M.S. K39417K394	51.9%	up 1.9
Medgar Evers College Preparatory School17K590	14.7%	steady
New Bridges Elementary17K532	27.7%	down 7.2
New Heights Middle School17K722	25.6%	down 8.1
Norma Adams Clemons Academy17K006	43.6%	down 7.9
P.S. 091 The Albany Avenue School17K091	39.5%	down 3.5
P.S. 092 Adrian Hegeman17K092	41.8%	down 3.0
P.S. 161 The Crown17K161	43.4%	down 1.3
P.S. 181 Brooklyn17K181	32.3%	down 3.9
P.S. 189 The Bilingual Center17K189	38.3%	steady
P.S. 191 Paul Robeson17K191	55.7%	up 0.8
P.S. 221 Toussaint L'Ouverture17K221	46.0%	up 3.2
P.S. 241 Emma L. Johnston17K241	29.5%	down 7.4
P.S. 249 The Caton17K249	21.0%	up 1.0
P.S. 289 George V. Brower17K289	53.1%	up 2.9
P.S. 316 Elijah Stroud17K316	33.5%	up 2.3
P.S. 375 Jackie Robinson School17K375	40.6%	down 6.4
P.S. 397 Foster-Laurie17K397	38.3%	up 0.9
P.S. 398 Walter Weaver17K398	43.9%	down 4.4
P.S. 399 Stanley Eugene Clark17K399	49.0%	up 3.5
P.S. 770: H.E.A.R.T.S Brooklyn17K770	32.6%	up 1.7
Parkside Preparatory Academy17K002	33.5%	down 1.9
Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-Tech)17K122	32.7%	down 4.6
Ronald Edmonds Learning Center II17K484	33.9%	up 4.3
Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus17K543	7.1%	down 0.9
The Academy for Collaborative Exploration17K353	50.7%	up 3.0
The Dr. Jean Pierre-Louis School of Excellence17K138	51.8%	up 2.5
The High School for Global Citizenship17K528	58.5%	up 12.3
The School of Integrated Learning17K354	35.0%	down 4.8

District 17 by year

Year	District	NYC
2018-19	30.7%	26.5%
2019-20	28.4%	25.1%
2020-21	38.5%	29.7%
2021-22	44.9%	40.4%
2022-23	38.6%	36.2%
2023-24	35.6%	34.8%
2024-25	35.2%	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 17.

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.

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