P.S. 90 Edna Cohen School: chronic absenteeism and attendance
21K090 · Elementary · 2840 West 12 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11224 · West Brighton · District 21
51.0%
chronically absent in 2024-25
34.7%
District 21
32.8%
NYC elementary grades (Pre-K to 5)
In 2024-25, 284 of 557 students at P.S. 90 Edna Cohen School missed 10 percent or more of the school year, 16.3 points higher than District 21 and 18.2 points higher than NYC elementary grades (Pre-K to 5). The rate fell 6.1 points from 2023-24, and was 37.4% in 2018-19, before the pandemic. The average attendance rate was 87.2%.
Chronic absenteeism and attendance by year
| Year | Bar chart of the school’s rate | Chronically absent | NYC | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 37.4% | 26.5% | 90.4% | |
| 2019-20 | 34.0% | 25.1% | 90.0% | |
| 2020-21 | 44.8% | 29.7% | 84.2% | |
| 2021-22 | 58.2% | 40.4% | 85.2% | |
| 2022-23 | 53.8% | 36.2% | 86.1% | |
| 2023-24 | 57.1% | 34.8% | 85.8% | |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 33.3% | 87.2% |
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-K67.0%
- K60.3%
- Grade 146.6%
- Grade 238.6%
- Grade 349.4%
- Grade 448.1%
- Grade 546.3%
By student group, 2024-25
| Student group | Students | Rate | Everyone else |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students with disabilities | 130 | 58.5% | 48.7% |
| English language learners | 126 | 34.1% | 55.9% |
| Students in poverty | 533 | 51.2% | 45.8% |
| Students in temporary housing | 106 | 60.4% | 48.8% |
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 21 schools
- Abraham Lincoln High School48.7%
- High School of Sports Management53.8%
- International High School at Lafayette47.2%
- Kingsborough Early College School43.6%
- Life Academy High School for Business and Technology52.9%
- P.S. 329 Surfside56.0%
- P.S. K225 - The Eileen E. Zaglin48.0%
- William E. Grady Career and Technical Education High School56.3%
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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