District 2: chronic absenteeism by school

Manhattan, New York City · 108 schools

32.4%

chronically absent in 2024-25

33.3%

all NYC public schools

of 108 schools lowered their rate from 2023-24

The district rate fell 1.7 points from 2023-24, and was 24.3% in 2018-19, before the pandemic.

Schools in District 2

School	2024-25	Change
47 The American Sign Language and English Secondary School02M047	47.7%	down 10.9
A School Without Walls02M395	60.7%	up 19.8
Academy for Software Engineering02M546	49.5%	down 2.9
Art and Design High School02M630	28.0%	down 6.7
Ballet Tech, NYC Public School for Dance02M442	14.3%	up 4.9
Baruch College Campus High School02M411	20.7%	down 1.4
Battery Park City School02M276	23.2%	down 2.6
Business Of Sports School02M393	53.9%	down 5.6
Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School02M615	52.8%	up 19.5
District 2 Pre-K Center02M391	44.9%	down 4.5
East Side Elementary School, PS 26702M267	13.2%	down 2.1
East Side Middle School02M114	7.2%	steady
Eleanor Roosevelt High School02M416	13.5%	up 2.0
Ella Baker School02M225	35.1%	up 1.9
Essex Street Academy02M294	39.0%	down 3.3
Facing History School, The02M303	63.9%	up 6.2
Food and Finance High School02M288	45.2%	up 4.4
Gateway Tech02M507	32.9%	up 0.9
Gramercy Arts High School02M374	39.9%	down 5.4
Harvest Collegiate High School02M534	50.0%	down 2.3
High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies02M545	5.9%	up 3.0
High School for Environmental Studies02M400	42.1%	steady
High School for Health Professions and Human Services02M420	29.3%	down 1.4
High School of Economics and Finance02M489	20.3%	down 10.3
High School of Hospitality Management02M296	71.1%	up 1.3
Hudson High School of Learning Technologies02M437	55.1%	up 6.2
I.S. 28902M289	17.6%	up 2.6
Institute for Collaborative Education02M407	20.0%	down 1.6
International High School at Union Square02M438	47.1%	steady
J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch02M104	23.7%	down 1.4
J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner02M167	20.6%	down 3.5
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School02M529	57.3%	steady
Landmark High School02M419	66.9%	steady
Leadership and Public Service High School02M425	68.1%	up 4.9
Lower Manhattan Arts Academy02M308	60.6%	steady
Lower Manhattan Community Middle School02M896	32.0%	up 6.2
M.S. 13102M131	26.3%	down 6.5
M.S. 255 Salk School of Science02M255	8.6%	up 0.6
M.S. 29702M297	54.9%	up 3.3
Manhattan Academy For Arts & Language02M427	73.8%	up 1.2
Manhattan Bridges High School02M542	21.8%	down 6.4
Manhattan Business Academy02M392	49.2%	down 7.9
Manhattan Early College School for Marketing and Media Arts02M280	46.6%	down 6.1
Manhattan International High School02M459	51.6%	up 7.2
Manhattan Village Academy02M439	19.7%	down 4.0
Millennium High School02M418	13.1%	up 2.7
Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers02M520	74.6%	up 5.9
N.Y.C. Lab School for Collaborative Studies02M412	18.2%	steady
N.Y.C. Museum School02M414	15.3%	down 5.5
New Design High School02M543	54.4%	up 12.5
New York City Lab Middle School for Collaborative Studies02M312	6.2%	steady
NYC iSchool02M376	28.6%	up 0.7
P.S. 001 Alfred E. Smith02M001	57.6%	up 2.9
P.S. 002 Meyer London02M002	42.8%	down 2.5
P.S. 003 Charrette School02M003	27.9%	up 0.6
P.S. 006 Lillie D. Blake02M006	14.9%	down 0.6
P.S. 011: The Sarah J. Garnet Elementary School02M011	21.1%	down 5.9
P.S. 033 Chelsea Prep02M033	41.3%	steady
P.S. 040 Augustus Saint-Gaudens02M040	14.7%	down 0.7
P.S. 041 Greenwich Village02M041	11.7%	down 4.6
P.S. 042 Benjamin Altman02M042	18.3%	down 3.7
P.S. 051 Elias Howe02M051	53.0%	down 5.5
P.S. 059 Beekman Hill International02M059	17.0%	down 2.8
P.S. 111 Adolph S. Ochs02M111	48.7%	down 5.7
P.S. 116 Mary Lindley Murray02M116	55.7%	up 12.1
P.S. 124 Yung Wing02M124	6.1%	down 3.1
P.S. 126 Jacob August Riis02M126	21.9%	down 0.8
P.S. 130 Hernando De Soto02M130	11.8%	down 3.9
P.S. 15002M150	14.2%	down 2.6
P.S. 158 Bayard Taylor02M158	12.4%	down 1.9
P.S. 183 Robert L. Stevenson02M183	11.8%	down 0.7
P.S. 198 Isidor E. Ida Straus02M198	25.6%	down 6.3
P.S. 212 Midtown West02M212	46.0%	down 2.0
P.S. 234 Independence School02M234	13.4%	down 2.3
P.S. 290 Manhattan New School02M290	13.0%	down 1.9
P.S. 527 - East Side School for Social Action02M527	17.8%	up 0.7
P.S. 77 Lower Lab School02M077	6.9%	down 0.7
P.S. 8902M089	12.5%	down 3.5
P.S./I.S. 217 Roosevelt Island02M217	19.5%	down 2.8
Pace High School02M298	58.2%	down 2.7
Professional Performing Arts High School02M408	30.2%	down 6.0
Quest to Learn02M422	49.1%	down 1.7
Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts02M531	36.2%	down 10.1
Richard R. Green High School of Teaching02M580	38.1%	up 3.0
School of the Future High School02M413	27.4%	up 2.2
Sixth Avenue Elementary School02M340	23.9%	down 3.5
Spruce Street School02M397	16.4%	down 4.4
Stephen T. Mather Building Arts & Craftsmanship High School02M139	51.1%	down 0.7
Stuyvesant High School02M475	8.2%	up 1.1
Talent Unlimited High School02M519	37.4%	down 5.8
The 47 American Sign Language & English Lower School02M347	37.5%	down 9.3
The Clinton School02M260	10.3%	down 16.5
The High School for Climate Justice02M655	65.5%	down 3.4
The High School For Language And Diplomacy02M399	66.5%	up 5.8
The High School of Fashion Industries02M600	38.4%	steady
The Peck Slip School02M343	35.6%	down 7.2
The River School02M281	18.6%	down 6.3
The Urban Assembly Early College High School of Emergency Medicine02M135	48.6%	up 2.2
Union Square Academy for Health Sciences02M533	18.6%	up 1.1
Unity Center for Urban Technologies02M500	47.0%	up 0.5
Urban Assembly Academy of Government and Law, The02M305	50.9%	down 5.4
Urban Assembly Maker Academy02M282	43.0%	up 2.9
Urban Assembly New York Harbor School02M551	31.1%	down 14.8
Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women02M316	83.2%	up 3.7
Urban Assembly School of Design and Construction, The02M300	58.4%	steady
Vanguard High School02M449	65.6%	down 5.5
Yorkville Community School02M151	22.4%	down 8.2
Yorkville East Middle School02M177	14.7%	down 2.8

District 2 by year

Year	District	NYC
2018-19	24.3%	26.5%
2019-20	24.0%	25.1%
2020-21	27.6%	29.7%
2021-22	38.1%	40.4%
2022-23	34.3%	36.2%
2023-24	34.1%	34.8%
2024-25	32.4%	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 2.

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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