District 6: chronic absenteeism by school
Manhattan, New York City · 44 schools
37.0%
chronically absent in 2024-25
33.3%
all NYC public schools
35
of 44 schools lowered their rate from 2023-24
The district rate fell 3.3 points from 2023-24, and was 27.2% in 2018-19, before the pandemic.
Schools in District 6
District 6 by year
| Year | District | NYC |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 27.2% | 26.5% |
| 2019-20 | 26.5% | 25.1% |
| 2020-21 | 33.4% | 29.7% |
| 2021-22 | 46.3% | 40.4% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 36.2% |
| 2023-24 | 40.3% | 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 6.
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.