Columbia Secondary School: chronic absenteeism and attendance
05M362 · Secondary School · 425 West 123 Street, Manhattan, NY 10027 · Morningside Heights · District 5
11.4%
chronically absent in 2024-25
45.9%
District 5
33.3%
all NYC public schools
In 2024-25, 82 of 721 students at Columbia Secondary School missed 10 percent or more of the school year, 34.5 points lower than District 5 and 21.9 points lower than all NYC public schools. The rate held steady from 2023-24, and was 15.8% in 2018-19, before the pandemic. The average attendance rate was 95.3%.
Chronic absenteeism and attendance by year
| Year | Bar chart of the school’s rate | Chronically absent | NYC | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 15.8% | 26.5% | 94.3% | |
| 2019-20 | 13.4% | 25.1% | 95.0% | |
| 2020-21 | 12.6% | 29.7% | 95.9% | |
| 2021-22 | 25.6% | 40.4% | 91.8% | |
| 2022-23 | 10.9% | 36.2% | 95.4% | |
| 2023-24 | 11.6% | 34.8% | 95.3% | |
| 2024-25 | 11.4% | 33.3% | 95.3% |
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 65.0%
- Grade 75.1%
- Grade 85.1%
- Grade 911.4%
- Grade 108.3%
- Grade 1113.1%
- Grade 1231.4%
By student group, 2024-25
| Student group | Students | Rate | Everyone else |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students with disabilities | 154 | 20.8% | 8.8% |
| English language learners | 9 | 22.2% | 11.2% |
| Students in poverty | 314 | 19.7% | 4.9% |
| Students in temporary housing | 28 | 17.9% | 11.1% |
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 5 schools
- Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem39.4%
- Frederick Douglass Academy31.1%
- High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College9.0%
- P.S. 125 Ralph Bunche38.0%
- P.S. 133 Fred R Moore42.0%
- P.S. 154 Harriet Tubman45.3%
- Teachers College Community School38.7%
- Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change45.7%
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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