Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts: chronic absenteeism and attendance

03M415 · Secondary School · 215 West 114 Street, Manhattan, NY 10026 · Central Harlem South · District 3

50.6%

chronically absent in 2024-25

32.6%

District 3

33.3%

all NYC public schools

In 2024-25, 164 of 324 students at Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts missed 10 percent or more of the school year, 18.0 points higher than District 3 and 17.3 points higher than all NYC public schools. The rate rose 1.3 points from 2023-24, and was 43.2% in 2018-19, before the pandemic. The average attendance rate was 86.3%.

Chronic absenteeism and attendance by year

YearChronically absentNYCAttendance
2018-1943.2%26.5%87.7%
2019-2042.9%25.1%86.9%
2020-2111.8%29.7%95.3%
2021-2243.6%40.4%87.1%
2022-2344.2%36.2%86.8%
2023-2449.3%34.8%86.4%
2024-2550.6%33.3%86.3%

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 655.6%
  • Grade 763.6%
  • Grade 841.7%
  • Grade 946.1%
  • Grade 1049.3%
  • Grade 1148.1%
  • Grade 1258.0%

By student group, 2024-25

Student groupStudentsRateEveryone else
Students with disabilities8361.4%46.9%
Students in poverty28251.4%45.2%
Students in temporary housing4761.7%48.7%

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

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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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