Middle College High School at LaGuardia Community College: chronic absenteeism and attendance
24Q520 · High school · 45-35 Van Dam Street, Queens, NY 11101 · Hunters Point-Sunnyside-West Maspeth · District 24
24.9%
chronically absent in 2024-25
28.3%
District 24
36.6%
NYC high school grades (9 to 12)
In 2024-25, 122 of 489 students at Middle College High School at LaGuardia Community College missed 10 percent or more of the school year, 3.3 points lower than District 24 and 11.7 points lower than NYC high school grades (9 to 12). The rate rose 4.5 points from 2023-24, and was 18.3% in 2018-19, before the pandemic. The average attendance rate was 92.7%.
Chronic absenteeism and attendance by year
| Year | Bar chart of the school’s rate | Chronically absent | NYC | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 18.3% | 26.5% | 93.4% | |
| 2019-20 | 22.5% | 25.1% | 93.1% | |
| 2020-21 | 36.8% | 29.7% | 88.8% | |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 40.4% | 86.9% | |
| 2022-23 | 32.1% | 36.2% | 90.2% | |
| 2023-24 | 20.5% | 34.8% | 93.2% | |
| 2024-25 | 24.9% | 33.3% | 92.7% |
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 919.5%
- Grade 1028.5%
- Grade 1144.0%
- Grade 1211.5%
By student group, 2024-25
| Student group | Students | Rate | Everyone else |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students with disabilities | 96 | 34.4% | 22.6% |
| English language learners | 20 | 50.0% | 23.9% |
| Students in poverty | 367 | 26.7% | 19.7% |
| Students in temporary housing | 33 | 24.2% | 25.0% |
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 24 schools
- Elm Tree Elementary School23.8%
- I.S. 5 - The Walter Crowley Intermediate School25.9%
- International High School at LaGuardia Community College26.6%
- P.S. 012 James B. Colgate26.4%
- P.S. 229 Emanuel Kaplan24.8%
- P.S. 58 - The School of Heroes26.5%
- Queens Technical High School24.0%
- The Children's Lab School24.2%
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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