District 18: chronic absenteeism by school

Brooklyn, New York City · 31 schools

40.3%

chronically absent in 2024-25

33.3%

all NYC public schools

19

of 31 schools lowered their rate from 2023-24

The district rate fell 1.8 points from 2023-24, and was 33.8% in 2018-19, before the pandemic.

Schools in District 18

School2024-25Change
Academy for Conservation and the Environment18K63726.6%up 5.5
Brooklyn Community High School for Excellence and Equity18K56631.9%down 14.7
Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy18K76316.1%down 2.1
Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School18K56757.2%down 7.8
Cultural Academy for the Arts and Sciences18K62937.7%down 7.7
High School for Innovation in Advertising and Media18K61747.8%up 4.2
High School for Medical Professions18K63341.9%down 3.7
I.S. 068 Isaac Bildersee18K06845.7%steady
I.S. 211 John Wilson18K21129.4%down 6.6
I.S. 285 Meyer Levin18K28534.6%up 5.1
It Takes a Village Academy18K56347.3%down 4.9
Kurt Hahn Expeditionary Learning School18K56961.3%up 4.7
Lenox Academy M. S. 96118K96113.6%steady
Middle School for Art and Philosophy18K58844.6%up 3.6
P.S. 114 Ryder Elementary18K11445.5%down 0.8
P.S. 115 Daniel Mucatel School18K11531.8%down 8.2
P.S. 135 Sheldon A. Brookner18K13536.5%up 3.5
P.S. 208 Elsa Ebeling18K20832.2%down 1.1
P.S. 219 Kennedy-King18K21949.6%up 3.2
P.S. 233 Langston Hughes18K23339.2%down 1.4
P.S. 235 Janice Marie Knight School18K23525.5%up 0.6
P.S. 244 Richard R. Green18K24432.6%down 4.1
P.S. 268 Emma Lazarus18K26849.8%down 1.4
P.S. 272 Curtis Estabrook18K27248.5%down 0.9
P.S. 276 Louis Marshall18K27640.9%down 6.4
P.S. 279 Herman Schreiber18K27937.4%down 3.1
P.S. 6618K06634.9%down 3.3
The Middle School of Media, Law and Fine Arts18K58140.5%down 12.3
The Science And Medicine Middle School18K36639.8%up 5.4
Urban Action Academy18K64257.3%down 1.6
Victory Collegiate High School18K57645.4%up 3.5

District 18 by year

YearDistrictNYC
2018-1933.8%26.5%
2019-2031.4%25.1%
2020-2141.9%29.7%
2021-2248.2%40.4%
2022-2344.3%36.2%
2023-2442.1%34.8%
2024-2540.3%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 18.

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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