The High School For Language And Diplomacy: chronic absenteeism and attendance

02M399 · High school · 40 Irving Place, Manhattan, NY 10003 · Gramercy · District 2

66.5%

chronically absent in 2024-25

32.4%

District 2

36.6%

NYC high school grades (9 to 12)

In 2024-25, 105 of 158 students at The High School For Language And Diplomacy missed 10 percent or more of the school year, 34.0 points higher than District 2 and 29.8 points higher than NYC high school grades (9 to 12). The rate rose 5.8 points from 2023-24, and was 47.6% in 2018-19, before the pandemic. The average attendance rate was 77.9%.

Chronic absenteeism and attendance by year

YearChronically absentNYCAttendance
2018-1947.6%26.5%83.4%
2019-2039.4%25.1%83.7%
2020-2159.3%29.7%73.6%
2021-2263.8%40.4%78.0%
2022-2364.3%36.2%75.2%
2023-2460.7%34.8%75.7%
2024-2566.5%33.3%77.9%

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 968.9%
  • Grade 1064.0%
  • Grade 1266.7%

By student group, 2024-25

Student groupStudentsRateEveryone else
Students with disabilities2171.4%65.7%
English language learners6770.1%63.7%
Students in poverty13073.1%35.7%
Students in temporary housing8075.0%57.7%

Rates for small groups can swing a lot from year to year.

What moves this number

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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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