47 The American Sign Language and English Secondary School: chronic absenteeism and attendance
02M047 · High school · 223 East 23 Street, Manhattan, NY 10010 · Gramercy · District 2
47.7%
chronically absent in 2024-25
32.4%
District 2
36.6%
NYC high school grades (9 to 12)
In 2024-25, 72 of 151 students at 47 The American Sign Language and English Secondary School missed 10 percent or more of the school year, 15.2 points higher than District 2 and 11.1 points higher than NYC high school grades (9 to 12). The rate fell 10.9 points from 2023-24, and was 35.3% in 2018-19, before the pandemic. The average attendance rate was 87.0%.
Chronic absenteeism and attendance by year
| Year | Bar chart of the school’s rate | Chronically absent | NYC | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 35.3% | 26.5% | 90.1% | |
| 2019-20 | 42.2% | 25.1% | 90.3% | |
| 2020-21 | 55.3% | 29.7% | 81.6% | |
| 2021-22 | 71.8% | 40.4% | 80.0% | |
| 2022-23 | 62.7% | 36.2% | 81.5% | |
| 2023-24 | 58.6% | 34.8% | 85.0% | |
| 2024-25 | 47.7% | 33.3% | 87.0% |
A dash means no published figure for that year. 2019-20 covers September to mid-March only, and 2020-21 included remote learning.
By grade, 2024-25
- Grade 937.5%
- Grade 1042.1%
- Grade 1140.0%
- Grade 1265.2%
By student group, 2024-25
| Student group | Students | Rate | Everyone else |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students with disabilities | 43 | 37.2% | 51.9% |
| English language learners | 13 | 46.2% | 47.8% |
| Students in poverty | 136 | 47.8% | 46.7% |
| Students in temporary housing | 16 | 62.5% | 45.9% |
Rates for small groups can swing a lot from year to year.
What moves this number
A personal call home on the first unexplained absence, a recorded reason for every absence, and a weekly attendance team meeting where every student gets an owner and a next step. Chancellor’s Regulation A-210 asks every NYC school for all three. BrainBridge makes them the easiest thing your team does each day.
Other District 2 schools
- International High School at Union Square47.1%
- Manhattan Business Academy49.2%
- Manhattan Early College School for Marketing and Media Arts46.6%
- P.S. 111 Adolph S. Ochs48.7%
- P.S. 212 Midtown West46.0%
- Quest to Learn49.1%
- The Urban Assembly Early College High School of Emergency Medicine48.6%
- Unity Center for Urban Technologies47.0%
Source: NYC Public Schools, End-of-Year Attendance and Chronic Absenteeism Data (2018-19 to 2024-25). Chronically absent means missing 10 percent or more of the days a student was enrolled, for any reason; it counts students enrolled at least 10 days who attended at least once. Group figures the city suppresses for privacy are left out. District figures include transfer schools.
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