District 19: chronic absenteeism by school

Brooklyn, New York City · 51 schools

42.2%

chronically absent in 2024-25

33.3%

all NYC public schools

26

of 51 schools lowered their rate from 2023-24

The district rate fell 1.0 points from 2023-24, and was 38.9% in 2018-19, before the pandemic.

Schools in District 19

School2024-25Change
Academy for Young Writers19K40460.0%up 3.4
Academy of Innovative Technology19K61837.2%down 7.8
Bard High School Early College Brooklyn19K96516.9%–
Brooklyn Gardens Elementary School19K55749.0%down 1.4
Brooklyn Lab School19K63947.8%up 2.3
Cypress Hills Collegiate Preparatory School19K65937.4%down 4.4
East New York Elementary School of Excellence19K67740.5%down 10.1
East New York Family Academy19K40950.0%up 5.0
East New York Middle School of Excellence19K67824.8%steady
FDNY - Captain Vernon A. Richard High School for Fire and Life Safety19K50251.3%up 14.9
Frederick Douglass Academy VIII Middle School19K45237.9%up 6.9
Highland Park Community School19K76026.4%steady
I.S. 171 Abraham Lincoln19K17150.2%up 5.9
J.H.S. 218 James P. Sinnott19K21851.1%up 2.9
J.H.S. 292 Margaret S. Douglas19K29241.4%down 6.7
Legacy School of the Arts19K90750.3%down 1.6
Liberty Avenue Middle School19K66231.5%down 1.6
M.S. 93519K93527.7%down 3.9
Multicultural High School19K58331.6%down 10.0
P.S. 007 Abraham Lincoln19K00727.9%down 5.6
P.S. 013 Roberto Clemente19K01324.6%down 1.7
P.S. 06519K06534.9%up 3.4
P.S. 089 Cypress Hills19K08924.5%down 1.4
P.S. 108 Sal Abbracciamento19K10826.7%down 4.1
P.S. 149 Danny Kaye19K14938.5%up 4.4
P.S. 158 Warwick19K15848.3%up 3.9
P.S. 159 Isaac Pitkin19K15940.0%up 8.1
P.S. 190 Sheffield19K19055.4%up 2.9
P.S. 202 Ernest S. Jenkyns19K20260.1%down 5.3
P.S. 213 New Lots19K21350.2%up 8.9
P.S. 214 Michael Friedsam19K21440.4%down 4.1
P.S. 224 Hale A. Woodruff19K22451.9%down 3.6
P.S. 273 Wortman19K27351.5%down 1.5
P.S. 290 Juan Morel Campos19K29038.5%down 1.6
P.S. 306 Ethan Allen19K30644.5%down 6.1
P.S. 328 Phyllis Wheatley19K32834.4%down 5.4
P.S. 345 Patrolman Robert Bolden19K34538.9%down 10.9
P.S. 346 Abe Stark19K34643.0%up 1.8
P.S. 93819K93845.9%up 3.9
Performing Arts and Technology High School19K50740.2%up 13.5
School for Classics High School19K68346.2%down 21.2
School of the Future Brooklyn19K66337.3%steady
Spring Creek Community School19K42239.8%down 19.2
The East New York Arts and Civics High School19K95369.1%down 3.0
The Fresh Creek School19K32550.8%up 0.8
The Urban Assembly School for Collaborative Healthcare19K76454.3%up 8.9
Transit Tech Career and Technical Education High School19K61554.7%up 8.8
Van Siclen Community Middle School19K65452.1%down 1.9
Vista Academy19K66129.8%down 4.0
W. H. Maxwell Career and Technical Education High School19K66068.7%up 1.9
World Academy for Total Community Health High School19K51064.0%up 3.4

District 19 by year

YearDistrictNYC
2018-1938.9%26.5%
2019-2036.0%25.1%
2020-2136.7%29.7%
2021-2247.9%40.4%
2022-2343.2%36.2%
2023-2443.2%34.8%
2024-2542.2%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 19.

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.