Forest Hills High School: chronic absenteeism and attendance
28Q440 · High school · 67-01 110 Street, Queens, NY 11375 · Forest Hills · District 28
19.9%
chronically absent in 2024-25
31.1%
District 28
36.6%
NYC high school grades (9 to 12)
In 2024-25, 704 of 3,532 students at Forest Hills High School missed 10 percent or more of the school year, 11.2 points lower than District 28 and 16.7 points lower than NYC high school grades (9 to 12). The rate fell 1.0 points from 2023-24, and was 28.5% 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 | 28.5% | 26.5% | 88.5% | |
| 2019-20 | 26.0% | 25.1% | 89.6% | |
| 2020-21 | 18.8% | 29.7% | 92.0% | |
| 2021-22 | 36.3% | 40.4% | 88.3% | |
| 2022-23 | 20.8% | 36.2% | 92.4% | |
| 2023-24 | 20.9% | 34.8% | 92.7% | |
| 2024-25 | 19.9% | 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 913.5%
- Grade 1021.3%
- Grade 1124.0%
- Grade 1221.0%
By student group, 2024-25
| Student group | Students | Rate | Everyone else |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students with disabilities | 507 | 35.3% | 17.4% |
| English language learners | 437 | 35.9% | 17.7% |
| Students in poverty | 2,518 | 22.2% | 14.3% |
| Students in temporary housing | 285 | 33.7% | 18.7% |
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 28 schools
- High School for Law Enforcement and Public Safety23.1%
- J.H.S. 157 Stephen A. Halsey22.2%
- P.S. 099 Kew Gardens23.0%
- P.S. 101 School in the Gardens14.6%
- P.S. 144 Col Jeromus Remsen14.7%
- P.S. 174 William Sidney Mount16.4%
- The Academy for Excellence through the Arts15.7%
- Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Education High School24.8%
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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