Academy for Software Engineering: chronic absenteeism and attendance
02M546 · High school · 40 Irving Place, Manhattan, NY 10003 · Gramercy · District 2
49.5%
chronically absent in 2024-25
32.4%
District 2
36.6%
NYC high school grades (9 to 12)
In 2024-25, 220 of 444 students at Academy for Software Engineering missed 10 percent or more of the school year, 17.1 points higher than District 2 and 12.9 points higher than NYC high school grades (9 to 12). The rate fell 2.9 points from 2023-24, and was 27.9% in 2018-19, before the pandemic. The average attendance rate was 83.3%.
Chronic absenteeism and attendance by year
| Year | Bar chart of the school’s rate | Chronically absent | NYC | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 27.9% | 26.5% | 89.6% | |
| 2019-20 | 30.3% | 25.1% | 90.3% | |
| 2020-21 | 57.3% | 29.7% | 81.9% | |
| 2021-22 | 54.8% | 40.4% | 82.2% | |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 36.2% | 81.6% | |
| 2023-24 | 52.4% | 34.8% | 82.7% | |
| 2024-25 | 49.5% | 33.3% | 83.3% |
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 936.3%
- Grade 1050.0%
- Grade 1154.1%
- Grade 1260.8%
By student group, 2024-25
| Student group | Students | Rate | Everyone else |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students with disabilities | 114 | 55.3% | 47.6% |
| English language learners | 29 | 41.4% | 50.1% |
| Students in poverty | 369 | 49.6% | 49.3% |
| Students in temporary housing | 73 | 65.8% | 46.4% |
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
- 47 The American Sign Language and English Secondary School47.7%
- Harvest Collegiate High School50.0%
- Manhattan Business Academy49.2%
- P.S. 111 Adolph S. Ochs48.7%
- Quest to Learn49.1%
- Stephen T. Mather Building Arts & Craftsmanship High School51.1%
- The Urban Assembly Early College High School of Emergency Medicine48.6%
- Urban Assembly Academy of Government and Law, The50.9%
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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