P.S. 087 William Sherman: chronic absenteeism and attendance
03M087 · Elementary · 160 West 78 Street, Manhattan, NY 10024 · Upper West Side · District 3
18.5%
chronically absent in 2024-25
32.6%
District 3
32.8%
NYC elementary grades (Pre-K to 5)
In 2024-25, 142 of 769 students at P.S. 087 William Sherman missed 10 percent or more of the school year, 14.2 points lower than District 3 and 14.3 points lower than NYC elementary grades (Pre-K to 5). The rate fell 2.8 points from 2023-24, and was 9.5% in 2018-19, before the pandemic. The average attendance rate was 93.1%.
Chronic absenteeism and attendance by year
| Year | Bar chart of the school’s rate | Chronically absent | NYC | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 9.5% | 26.5% | 95.6% | |
| 2019-20 | 9.6% | 25.1% | 95.4% | |
| 2020-21 | 0.4% | 29.7% | 99.6% | |
| 2021-22 | 20.0% | 40.4% | 93.3% | |
| 2022-23 | 23.8% | 36.2% | 92.5% | |
| 2023-24 | 21.2% | 34.8% | 92.5% | |
| 2024-25 | 18.5% | 33.3% | 93.1% |
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
- Pre-K31.6%
- K19.7%
- Grade 114.6%
- Grade 213.1%
- Grade 324.4%
- Grade 415.7%
- Grade 522.0%
By student group, 2024-25
| Student group | Students | Rate | Everyone else |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students with disabilities | 132 | 23.5% | 17.4% |
| English language learners | 52 | 57.7% | 15.6% |
| Students in poverty | 107 | 53.3% | 12.8% |
| Students in temporary housing | 35 | 74.3% | 15.8% |
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 3 schools
- Beacon High School16.2%
- Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts11.9%
- M.S. M245 The Computer School15.0%
- Manhattan / Hunter Science High School11.7%
- P.S. 084 Lillian Weber22.8%
- P.S. 166 The Richard Rodgers School of The Arts and Technology18.3%
- P.S. 199 Jesse Isidor Straus19.3%
- Special Music School16.5%
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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