District 26: chronic absenteeism by school

Queens, New York City · 34 schools

21.9%

chronically absent in 2024-25

33.3%

all NYC public schools

15

of 34 schools lowered their rate from 2023-24

The district rate held steady from 2023-24, and was 15.6% in 2018-19, before the pandemic.

Schools in District 26

School2024-25Change
Bayside High School26Q49524.6%up 5.5
Benjamin N. Cardozo High School26Q41534.0%down 1.8
Business Technology Early College High School26Q31537.1%down 2.8
Francis Lewis High School26Q43022.2%steady
Irwin Altman Middle School 17226Q17221.3%up 1.9
J.H.S. 067 Louis Pasteur26Q0678.2%down 1.1
J.H.S. 074 Nathaniel Hawthorne26Q07411.2%steady
J.H.S. 216 George J. Ryan26Q21615.3%up 0.6
M.S. 158 Marie Curie26Q15816.3%steady
Martin Van Buren High School26Q43528.4%steady
P.S. 018 Winchester26Q01819.2%down 3.9
P.S. 026 Rufus King26Q02628.5%up 2.7
P.S. 031 Bayside26Q03125.1%down 3.7
P.S. 041 Crocheron26Q04112.5%down 4.5
P.S. 046 Alley Pond26Q04618.2%down 0.5
P.S. 094 David D. Porter26Q0946.7%down 0.6
P.S. 098 The Douglaston School26Q09814.9%steady
P.S. 133 The Bellerose School of Excellence26Q13329.9%up 2.0
P.S. 15926Q15914.2%up 0.9
P.S. 162 John Golden26Q16215.2%steady
P.S. 173 Fresh Meadows26Q17319.0%up 1.9
P.S. 186 Castlewood26Q18621.7%down 0.6
P.S. 188 Kingsbury26Q1887.3%steady
P.S. 191 Mayflower26Q19127.3%up 1.0
P.S. 203 Oakland Gardens26Q20310.5%down 1.2
P.S. 205 Alexander Graham Bell26Q20519.2%up 0.9
P.S. 213 The Carl Ullman School26Q21323.0%down 2.8
P.S. 221 The North Hills School26Q22112.1%down 1.8
P.S. 37626Q37613.0%down 3.4
P.S./ IS 178 Holliswood26Q17830.8%up 1.0
P.S./I.S. 26626Q26623.7%down 2.4
Queens High School of Teaching, Liberal Arts and the Sciences26Q56648.4%up 2.9
The CIVIC School of Bayside Hills26Q39026.9%up 5.8
The James J. Ambrose School26Q11516.7%down 1.8

District 26 by year

YearDistrictNYC
2018-1915.6%26.5%
2019-2014.2%25.1%
2020-2116.5%29.7%
2021-2225.2%40.4%
2022-2323.4%36.2%
2023-2421.9%34.8%
2024-2521.9%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 26.

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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