Academy of Arts and Letters: chronic absenteeism and attendance
13K492 · K-8 · 344 Monroe Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216 · Bedford · District 13
21.4%
chronically absent in 2024-25
30.7%
District 13
33.3%
all NYC public schools
In 2024-25, 166 of 777 students at Academy of Arts and Letters missed 10 percent or more of the school year, 9.3 points lower than District 13 and 11.9 points lower than all NYC public schools. The rate fell 6.1 points from 2023-24, and was 7.3% in 2018-19, before the pandemic. The average attendance rate was 92.7%.
Chronic absenteeism and attendance by year
| Year | Bar chart of the school’s rate | Chronically absent | NYC | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 7.3% | 26.5% | 95.8% | |
| 2019-20 | 9.7% | 25.1% | 95.4% | |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 29.7% | 92.5% | |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 40.4% | 90.3% | |
| 2022-23 | 32.5% | 36.2% | 90.5% | |
| 2023-24 | 27.4% | 34.8% | 91.7% | |
| 2024-25 | 21.4% | 33.3% | 92.7% |
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-K22.2%
- K25.7%
- Grade 115.8%
- Grade 215.5%
- Grade 321.6%
- Grade 414.3%
- Grade 514.6%
- Grade 622.1%
- Grade 728.0%
- Grade 831.3%
By student group, 2024-25
| Student group | Students | Rate | Everyone else |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students with disabilities | 145 | 26.2% | 20.3% |
| English language learners | 23 | 56.5% | 20.3% |
| Students in poverty | 285 | 40.4% | 10.4% |
| Students in temporary housing | 35 | 68.6% | 19.1% |
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 13 schools
- Brooklyn Technical High School14.2%
- Design Works High School23.4%
- District 13 PRE-K Center23.3%
- P.S. 011 Purvis J. Behan16.9%
- P.S. 020 Clinton Hill28.8%
- P.S. 282 Park Slope26.6%
- Public School 9 The Sarah Smith Garnet School13.6%
- Science Skills Center High School for Science, Technology and the Creative Arts19.0%
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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