Life Academy High School for Business and Technology: chronic absenteeism and attendance
21K559 · High school · 2630 Benson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11214 · Gravesend · District 21
Listed as “Life Academy High School for Film and Music” in the 2024-25 attendance data.
52.9%
chronically absent in 2024-25
34.7%
District 21
36.6%
NYC high school grades (9 to 12)
In 2024-25, 119 of 225 students at Life Academy High School for Business and Technology missed 10 percent or more of the school year, 18.2 points higher than District 21 and 16.3 points higher than NYC high school grades (9 to 12). The rate rose 18.9 points from 2023-24, and was 49.0% in 2018-19, before the pandemic. The average attendance rate was 79.7%.
Chronic absenteeism and attendance by year
| Year | Bar chart of the school’s rate | Chronically absent | NYC | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 49.0% | 26.5% | 84.2% | |
| 2019-20 | 47.9% | 25.1% | 85.0% | |
| 2020-21 | 46.1% | 29.7% | 82.6% | |
| 2021-22 | 59.0% | 40.4% | 80.5% | |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 36.2% | 82.9% | |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 34.8% | 86.7% | |
| 2024-25 | 52.9% | 33.3% | 79.7% |
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
- Grade 950.8%
- Grade 1046.7%
- Grade 1159.2%
- Grade 1256.1%
By student group, 2024-25
| Student group | Students | Rate | Everyone else |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students with disabilities | 39 | 59.0% | 51.6% |
| English language learners | 104 | 50.0% | 55.4% |
| Students in poverty | 182 | 55.5% | 41.9% |
| Students in temporary housing | 38 | 57.9% | 51.9% |
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
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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