District 29: chronic absenteeism by school

Queens, New York City · 47 schools

37.0%

chronically absent in 2024-25

33.3%

all NYC public schools

of 47 schools lowered their rate from 2023-24

The district rate held steady from 2023-24, and was 27.2% in 2018-19, before the pandemic.

Schools in District 29

School	2024-25	Change
Benjamin Franklin High School for Finance & Information Technology29Q313	43.8%	down 3.7
Cambria Heights Academy29Q326	38.8%	down 2.3
Collaborative Arts Middle School29Q355	34.2%	up 0.8
Community Voices Middle School29Q356	45.8%	down 3.6
Cynthia Jenkins School29Q037	41.3%	down 4.7
District 29 Pre-K Center29Q381	73.0%	down 5.0
Eagle Academy for Young Men III29Q327	3.8%	down 7.1
Excelsior Preparatory High School29Q265	29.7%	steady
George Washington Carver High School for the Sciences29Q272	22.3%	down 2.8
Health, Arts, Robotics, and Technology High School29Q498	46.4%	steady
I.S. 059 Springfield Gardens29Q059	42.6%	down 1.9
I.S. 192 The Linden29Q192	41.5%	up 2.8
I.S. 238 - Susan B. Anthony Academy29Q238	32.2%	down 1.6
Institute for Health Professions at Cambria Heights29Q243	48.6%	up 2.9
Jean Nuzzi Intermediate School29Q109	33.7%	up 1.1
Mathematics, Science Research and Technology Magnet High School29Q492	38.0%	down 3.8
P.S. 015 Jackie Robinson29Q015	40.0%	up 6.0
P.S. 033 Edward M. Funk29Q033	32.3%	up 3.6
P.S. 034 John Harvard29Q034	33.0%	steady
P.S. 035 Nathaniel Woodhull29Q035	45.7%	up 3.1
P.S. 036 Saint Albans School29Q036	38.5%	up 1.0
P.S. 038 Rosedale29Q038	40.3%	up 9.4
P.S. 052 Queens29Q052	50.3%	down 7.8
P.S. 095 Eastwood29Q095	49.5%	up 2.0
P.S. 118 Lorraine Hansberry29Q118	42.5%	down 2.0
P.S. 131 Abigail Adams29Q131	31.7%	down 5.7
P.S. 132 Ralph Bunche29Q132	40.1%	up 2.4
P.S. 134 Hollis29Q134	48.1%	up 4.7
P.S. 136 Roy Wilkins29Q136	40.9%	up 2.7
P.S. 156 Laurelton29Q156	43.8%	up 6.0
P.S. 176 Cambria Heights29Q176	20.4%	down 5.3
P.S. 181 Brookfield29Q181	35.8%	down 10.7
P.S. 195 William Haberle29Q195	43.9%	down 1.4
P.S. 251 Queens29Q251	42.1%	down 1.8
P.S. 36029Q360	27.0%	up 1.2
P.S./I.S. 116 William C. Hughley29Q116	53.3%	up 6.8
P.S./I.S. 20829Q208	32.8%	up 3.6
P.S./I.S. 26829Q268	37.4%	up 2.0
P.S./I.S. 29529Q295	24.9%	steady
P.S./M.S. 138 Sunrise29Q138	45.6%	steady
P.S./M.S. 147 Ronald McNair29Q147	41.6%	up 4.3
Pathways Early College World School29Q259	11.3%	down 2.0
Preparatory Academy for Writers: A College Board School29Q283	19.7%	down 4.4
Queens Preparatory Academy29Q248	37.6%	down 7.2
Queens United Middle School29Q289	22.7%	down 1.0
The Bellaire School29Q135	42.0%	down 2.0
The Gordon Parks School29Q270	39.7%	up 17.4

District 29 by year

Year	District	NYC
2018-19	27.2%	26.5%
2019-20	25.2%	25.1%
2020-21	33.4%	29.7%
2021-22	45.9%	40.4%
2022-23	39.4%	36.2%
2023-24	36.9%	34.8%
2024-25	37.0%	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 29.

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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