Brooklyn School for Music & Theatre: chronic absenteeism and attendance
17K548 · High school · 883 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225 · Crown Heights South · District 17
47.2%
chronically absent in 2024-25
35.2%
District 17
36.6%
NYC high school grades (9 to 12)
In 2024-25, 111 of 235 students at Brooklyn School for Music & Theatre missed 10 percent or more of the school year, 12.1 points higher than District 17 and 10.6 points higher than NYC high school grades (9 to 12). The rate rose 4.7 points from 2023-24, and was 44.3% in 2018-19, before the pandemic. The average attendance rate was 86.5%.
Chronic absenteeism and attendance by year
| Year | Bar chart of the school’s rate | Chronically absent | NYC | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 44.3% | 26.5% | 83.8% | |
| 2019-20 | 41.9% | 25.1% | 84.6% | |
| 2020-21 | 55.4% | 29.7% | 78.8% | |
| 2021-22 | 62.5% | 40.4% | 81.1% | |
| 2022-23 | 43.4% | 36.2% | 85.2% | |
| 2023-24 | 42.5% | 34.8% | 87.1% | |
| 2024-25 | 47.2% | 33.3% | 86.5% |
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 948.5%
- Grade 1050.0%
- Grade 1140.7%
- Grade 1248.9%
By student group, 2024-25
| Student group | Students | Rate | Everyone else |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students with disabilities | 62 | 54.8% | 44.5% |
| English language learners | 13 | 61.5% | 46.4% |
| Students in poverty | 195 | 50.3% | 32.5% |
| Students in temporary housing | 45 | 68.9% | 42.1% |
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 17 schools
- Brooklyn Institute for Liberal Arts45.8%
- High School for Service & Learning at Erasmus47.4%
- International High School at Prospect Heights47.7%
- M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell46.8%
- P.S. 221 Toussaint L'Ouverture46.0%
- P.S. 398 Walter Weaver43.9%
- P.S. 399 Stanley Eugene Clark49.0%
- The Academy for Collaborative Exploration50.7%
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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