P.S. 200 Benson School: chronic absenteeism and attendance
20K200 · Elementary · 1940 Benson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11214 · Bath Beach · District 20
31.9%
chronically absent in 2024-25
22.6%
District 20
32.8%
NYC elementary grades (Pre-K to 5)
In 2024-25, 408 of 1,280 students at P.S. 200 Benson School missed 10 percent or more of the school year, 9.2 points higher than District 20 and 0.9 points lower than NYC elementary grades (Pre-K to 5). The rate held steady from 2023-24, and was 17.9% in 2018-19, before the pandemic. The average attendance rate was 92.0%.
Chronic absenteeism and attendance by year
| Year | Bar chart of the school’s rate | Chronically absent | NYC | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 17.9% | 26.5% | 94.0% | |
| 2019-20 | 21.3% | 25.1% | 93.4% | |
| 2020-21 | 30.4% | 29.7% | 91.5% | |
| 2021-22 | 34.4% | 40.4% | 90.7% | |
| 2022-23 | 36.6% | 36.2% | 90.9% | |
| 2023-24 | 31.5% | 34.8% | 91.3% | |
| 2024-25 | 31.9% | 33.3% | 92.0% |
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-K58.8%
- K39.4%
- Grade 139.2%
- Grade 233.0%
- Grade 323.9%
- Grade 425.9%
- Grade 527.7%
By student group, 2024-25
| Student group | Students | Rate | Everyone else |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students with disabilities | 199 | 30.7% | 32.1% |
| English language learners | 443 | 39.1% | 28.1% |
| Students in poverty | 1,169 | 32.3% | 27.0% |
| Students in temporary housing | 107 | 44.9% | 30.7% |
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 20 schools
- Fort Hamilton High School33.1%
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School34.0%
- J.H.S. 062 Ditmas33.3%
- Joanne Seminara School of Law and Medicine27.6%
- New Utrecht High School31.1%
- P.S. 503: The School of Discovery28.1%
- P.S./I.S. 30 Mary White Ovington27.8%
- Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment35.9%
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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