District 23: chronic absenteeism by school

Brooklyn, New York City · 26 schools

47.3%

chronically absent in 2024-25

33.3%

all NYC public schools

14

of 26 schools lowered their rate from 2023-24

The district rate fell 1.5 points from 2023-24, and was 46.2% in 2018-19, before the pandemic.

Schools in District 23

School2024-25Change
Brooklyn Collegiate: A College Board School23K49353.3%down 3.1
Brooklyn Environmental Exploration School (BEES)23K66421.9%down 1.5
Brooklyn Landmark Elementary School23K59936.7%up 2.7
Brownsville Collaborative Middle School23K36354.4%up 14.6
Christopher Avenue Community School23K40152.7%up 3.1
Eagle Academy for Young Men II23K64417.4%down 14.5
Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School23K51450.5%up 1.6
I.S. 39223K39223.1%down 1.5
Kappa V (Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy)23K51851.6%up 18.0
Legacy Leadership High School23K69751.9%down 15.2
Mott Hall Bridges Academy23K67165.5%up 7.3
Mott Hall IV23K52237.7%up 1.4
P.S. 041 Francis White23K04138.8%down 12.7
P.S. 137 Rachel Jean Mitchell23K13744.4%down 4.9
P.S. 150 Christopher23K15049.2%down 5.4
P.S. 156 Waverly23K15645.8%up 3.7
P.S. 165 Ida Posner23K16556.4%down 1.9
P.S. 178 Saint Clair Mckelway23K17851.0%down 8.0
P.S. 184 Newport23K18454.5%down 6.4
P.S. 298 Dr. Betty Shabazz23K29855.0%up 13.4
P.S. 327 Dr. Rose B. English23K32758.8%up 7.7
P.S./ I.S. 155 Nicholas Herkimer23K15555.7%up 1.7
P.S./I.S. 32323K32339.3%down 19.7
Riverdale Avenue Community School23K44639.2%down 0.8
Riverdale Avenue Middle School23K66831.7%down 0.9
The Gregory Jocko Jackson School of Sports, Art, and Technology23K28446.6%up 0.6

District 23 by year

YearDistrictNYC
2018-1946.2%26.5%
2019-2042.3%25.1%
2020-2137.7%29.7%
2021-2254.1%40.4%
2022-2348.9%36.2%
2023-2448.8%34.8%
2024-2547.3%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 23.

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.