The Madeleine Brennan School: chronic absenteeism and attendance

20K201 · Junior High-Intermediate-Middle · 8010 12 Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11228 · Dyker Heights · District 20

15.1%

chronically absent in 2024-25

22.6%

District 20

29.2%

NYC middle grades (6 to 8)

In 2024-25, 238 of 1,573 students at The Madeleine Brennan School missed 10 percent or more of the school year, 7.5 points lower than District 20 and 14.0 points lower than NYC middle grades (6 to 8). The rate held steady from 2023-24, and was 7.6% in 2018-19, before the pandemic. The average attendance rate was 95.3%.

Chronic absenteeism and attendance by year

YearChronically absentNYCAttendance
2018-197.6%26.5%96.9%
2019-207.5%25.1%96.9%
2020-2113.5%29.7%95.2%
2021-2212.6%40.4%95.5%
2022-2314.4%36.2%95.5%
2023-2415.1%34.8%95.5%
2024-2515.1%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 713.1%
  • Grade 817.8%

By student group, 2024-25

Student groupStudentsRateEveryone else
Students with disabilities24233.9%11.7%
English language learners17925.7%13.8%
Students in poverty1,21016.8%9.6%
Students in temporary housing8325.3%14.6%

Rates for small groups can swing a lot from year to year.

What moves this number

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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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