Leadership and Public Service High School: chronic absenteeism and attendance
02M425 · High school · 90 Trinity Place, Manhattan, NY 10006 · Battery Park City-Lower Manhattan · District 2
68.1%
chronically absent in 2024-25
32.4%
District 2
36.6%
NYC high school grades (9 to 12)
In 2024-25, 203 of 298 students at Leadership and Public Service High School missed 10 percent or more of the school year, 35.7 points higher than District 2 and 31.5 points higher than NYC high school grades (9 to 12). The rate rose 4.9 points from 2023-24, and was 49.8% in 2018-19, before the pandemic. The average attendance rate was 77.5%.
Chronic absenteeism and attendance by year
| Year | Bar chart of the school’s rate | Chronically absent | NYC | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 49.8% | 26.5% | 83.4% | |
| 2019-20 | 47.0% | 25.1% | 82.7% | |
| 2020-21 | 21.2% | 29.7% | 90.6% | |
| 2021-22 | 72.9% | 40.4% | 76.2% | |
| 2022-23 | 58.5% | 36.2% | 80.9% | |
| 2023-24 | 63.2% | 34.8% | 81.5% | |
| 2024-25 | 68.1% | 33.3% | 77.5% |
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 1071.6%
- Grade 1156.3%
- Grade 1275.0%
By student group, 2024-25
| Student group | Students | Rate | Everyone else |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students with disabilities | 54 | 75.9% | 66.4% |
| English language learners | 62 | 74.2% | 66.5% |
| Students in poverty | 248 | 67.7% | 70.0% |
| Students in temporary housing | 80 | 81.3% | 63.3% |
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
- Facing History School, The63.9%
- High School of Hospitality Management71.1%
- Landmark High School66.9%
- Manhattan Academy For Arts & Language73.8%
- Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers74.6%
- The High School for Climate Justice65.5%
- The High School For Language And Diplomacy66.5%
- Vanguard High School65.6%
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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