District 20: chronic absenteeism by school

Brooklyn, New York City · 49 schools

22.6%

chronically absent in 2024-25

33.3%

all NYC public schools

26

of 49 schools lowered their rate from 2023-24

The district rate fell 0.9 points from 2023-24, and was 15.5% in 2018-19, before the pandemic.

Schools in District 20

School2024-25Change
Brooklyn School of Inquiry20K68611.1%down 1.6
District 20 Pre-K Center20K76859.2%down 2.9
Fort Hamilton High School20K49033.1%down 1.3
Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School20K50534.0%down 1.2
High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology20K48526.7%down 0.5
J.H.S. 062 Ditmas20K06233.3%down 1.5
J.H.S. 220 John J. Pershing20K22012.5%down 2.0
J.H.S. 223 The Montauk20K22323.7%down 2.9
J.H.S. 227 Edward B. Shallow20K22721.5%up 1.5
J.H.S. 259 William McKinley20K25914.7%down 1.0
Joanne Seminara School of Law and Medicine20K41327.6%–
MS 936 Arts Off 3rd20K93614.6%up 1.4
New Utrecht High School20K44531.1%down 1.1
P.S. 048 Mapleton20K04822.6%down 2.7
P.S. 102 The Bayview20K10218.1%steady
P.S. 105 The Blythebourne20K1054.5%steady
P.S. 112 Lefferts Park20K11220.8%down 1.5
P.S. 127 McKinley Park20K12715.3%up 0.7
P.S. 160 William T. Sampson20K1607.6%steady
P.S. 163 Bath Beach20K16323.6%steady
P.S. 164 Caesar Rodney20K16418.8%up 2.8
P.S. 176 Ovington20K17610.6%down 1.8
P.S. 179 Kensington20K17926.4%down 2.7
P.S. 185 Walter Kassenbrock20K18517.3%down 1.3
P.S. 186 Dr. Irving A Gladstone20K18613.6%down 2.3
P.S. 192 - The Magnet School for Math and Science Inquiry20K19225.0%down 3.7
P.S. 200 Benson School20K20031.9%steady
P.S. 204 Vince Lombardi20K20415.8%down 3.0
P.S. 205 Clarion20K20516.4%down 3.4
P.S. 229 Dyker20K22914.4%down 1.0
P.S. 247 Brooklyn20K24717.2%down 3.0
P.S. 264 Bay Ridge Elementary School For The Arts20K26420.5%down 3.6
P.S. 503: The School of Discovery20K50328.1%up 1.8
P.S. 506: The School of Journalism & Technology20K50619.2%down 5.9
P.S. 69 Vincent D. Grippo School20K0699.5%up 2.9
P.S. 748 Brooklyn School for Global Scholars20K74819.2%up 1.5
P.S./I.S. 104 The Fort Hamilton School20K10424.6%up 2.4
P.S./I.S. 30 Mary White Ovington20K03027.8%down 1.6
Ralph A. Fabrizio School20K17015.5%up 2.4
School of Math, Science, and Healthy Living20K97125.7%up 1.8
School of Technology, Arts, and Research20K40711.0%–
Sunset School of Cultural Learning20K93916.1%up 0.5
The Academy of Talented Scholars20K68222.7%up 1.9
The Christa McAuliffe School\I.S. 18720K1874.7%steady
The Detective WenJian Liu School of Civics and Entrepreneurship20K33122.2%–
The Madeleine Brennan School20K20115.1%steady
The School For Future Leaders20K3107.2%up 1.9
The SEEALL Academy20K18015.1%down 1.0
Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment20K60935.9%down 2.1

District 20 by year

YearDistrictNYC
2018-1915.5%26.5%
2019-2016.4%25.1%
2020-2120.8%29.7%
2021-2227.7%40.4%
2022-2325.0%36.2%
2023-2423.6%34.8%
2024-2522.6%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 20.

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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