Robert F. Kennedy Community High School: chronic absenteeism and attendance
25Q670 · High school · 75-40 Parsons Boulevard, Queens, NY 11366 · Kew Gardens Hills · District 25
37.9%
chronically absent in 2024-25
23.3%
District 25
36.6%
NYC high school grades (9 to 12)
In 2024-25, 233 of 615 students at Robert F. Kennedy Community High School missed 10 percent or more of the school year, 14.5 points higher than District 25 and 1.3 points higher than NYC high school grades (9 to 12). The rate rose 1.8 points from 2023-24, and was 30.8% 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 | 30.8% | 26.5% | 90.0% | |
| 2019-20 | 27.2% | 25.1% | 90.6% | |
| 2020-21 | 32.4% | 29.7% | 85.5% | |
| 2021-22 | 43.7% | 40.4% | 86.9% | |
| 2022-23 | 36.1% | 36.2% | 88.8% | |
| 2023-24 | 36.1% | 34.8% | 88.0% | |
| 2024-25 | 37.9% | 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
- Grade 940.2%
- Grade 1039.7%
- Grade 1131.5%
- Grade 1240.9%
By student group, 2024-25
| Student group | Students | Rate | Everyone else |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students with disabilities | 115 | 53.9% | 34.2% |
| English language learners | 63 | 46.0% | 37.0% |
| Students in poverty | 488 | 38.5% | 35.4% |
| Students in temporary housing | 58 | 56.9% | 35.9% |
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 25 schools
- Flushing High School39.7%
- Flushing International High School40.5%
- I.S. 250 The Robert F. Kennedy Community Middle School40.4%
- John Bowne High School34.1%
- P.S. 129 Patricia Larkin32.0%
- P.S. 201 The Discovery School for Inquiry and Research39.5%
- P.S./M.S. 200 - The Magnet School of Global Studies and Leadership32.1%
- Veritas Academy42.6%
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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