Park East High School: chronic absenteeism and attendance
04M495 · High school · 230 East 105 Street, Manhattan, NY 10029 · East Harlem South · District 4
28.0%
chronically absent in 2024-25
43.0%
District 4
36.6%
NYC high school grades (9 to 12)
In 2024-25, 113 of 403 students at Park East High School missed 10 percent or more of the school year, 15.0 points lower than District 4 and 8.6 points lower than NYC high school grades (9 to 12). The rate rose 3.2 points from 2023-24, and was 13.7% in 2018-19, before the pandemic. The average attendance rate was 91.5%.
Chronic absenteeism and attendance by year
| Year | Bar chart of the school’s rate | Chronically absent | NYC | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 13.7% | 26.5% | 94.5% | |
| 2019-20 | 13.6% | 25.1% | 95.6% | |
| 2020-21 | 33.5% | 29.7% | 89.3% | |
| 2021-22 | 19.1% | 40.4% | 93.9% | |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 36.2% | 92.2% | |
| 2023-24 | 24.8% | 34.8% | 92.9% | |
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 33.3% | 91.5% |
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 927.1%
- Grade 1028.1%
- Grade 1132.6%
- Grade 1224.1%
By student group, 2024-25
| Student group | Students | Rate | Everyone else |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students with disabilities | 88 | 38.6% | 25.1% |
| English language learners | 8 | 62.5% | 27.3% |
| Students in poverty | 329 | 30.7% | 16.2% |
| Students in temporary housing | 34 | 32.4% | 27.6% |
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 4 schools
- Central Park East High School15.1%
- Central Park East I25.4%
- Isaac Newton Middle School for Math & Science40.4%
- M.S. 224 Manhattan East School for Arts & Academics33.7%
- Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics15.4%
- P.S. 096 Joseph Lanzetta45.2%
- P.S. 171 Patrick Henry26.4%
- The Bilingual Bicultural School45.9%
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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