Learners and Leaders: chronic absenteeism and attendance

24Q305 · Elementary · 378 Seneca Avenue, Queens, NY 11385 · Ridgewood · District 24

33.9%

chronically absent in 2024-25

28.3%

District 24

32.8%

NYC elementary grades (Pre-K to 5)

In 2024-25, 152 of 449 students at Learners and Leaders missed 10 percent or more of the school year, 5.6 points higher than District 24 and 1.0 points higher than NYC elementary grades (Pre-K to 5). The rate fell 2.3 points from 2023-24, and was 22.1% in 2018-19, before the pandemic. The average attendance rate was 90.7%.

Chronic absenteeism and attendance by year

YearChronically absentNYCAttendance
2018-1922.1%26.5%93.6%
2019-2022.2%25.1%93.6%
2020-2128.8%29.7%91.3%
2021-2242.1%40.4%89.4%
2022-2333.2%36.2%91.4%
2023-2436.1%34.8%91.1%
2024-2533.9%33.3%90.7%

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

  • Pre-K53.0%
  • K38.7%
  • Grade 142.0%
  • Grade 232.8%
  • Grade 316.1%
  • Grade 424.1%
  • Grade 525.9%

By student group, 2024-25

Student groupStudentsRateEveryone else
Students with disabilities11937.0%32.7%
English language learners16424.4%39.3%
Students in poverty38335.8%22.7%
Students in temporary housing8941.6%31.9%

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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