Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School: chronic absenteeism and attendance
28Q680 · Secondary School · 160-20 Goethals Avenue, Queens, NY 11432 · Pomonok-Flushing Heights-Hillcrest · District 28
14.3%
chronically absent in 2024-25
31.1%
District 28
33.3%
all NYC public schools
In 2024-25, 98 of 683 students at Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School missed 10 percent or more of the school year, 16.7 points lower than District 28 and 19.0 points lower than all NYC public schools. The rate fell 6.7 points from 2023-24, and was 10.8% in 2018-19, before the pandemic. The average attendance rate was 94.5%.
Chronic absenteeism and attendance by year
| Year | Bar chart of the school’s rate | Chronically absent | NYC | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 10.8% | 26.5% | 95.2% | |
| 2019-20 | 8.3% | 25.1% | 96.7% | |
| 2020-21 | 12.4% | 29.7% | 95.2% | |
| 2021-22 | 27.4% | 40.4% | 91.5% | |
| 2022-23 | 24.0% | 36.2% | 92.3% | |
| 2023-24 | 21.1% | 34.8% | 93.1% | |
| 2024-25 | 14.3% | 33.3% | 94.5% |
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 67.5%
- Grade 77.4%
- Grade 87.1%
- Grade 920.5%
- Grade 1018.4%
- Grade 1117.1%
- Grade 1220.3%
By student group, 2024-25
| Student group | Students | Rate | Everyone else |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students with disabilities | 103 | 20.4% | 13.3% |
| English language learners | 17 | 23.5% | 14.1% |
| Students in poverty | 468 | 15.8% | 11.2% |
| Students in temporary housing | 36 | 19.4% | 14.1% |
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
- Forest Hills High School19.9%
- J.H.S. 157 Stephen A. Halsey22.2%
- P.S. 101 School in the Gardens14.6%
- P.S. 144 Col Jeromus Remsen14.7%
- P.S. 174 William Sidney Mount16.4%
- P.S. 196 Grand Central Parkway14.4%
- Queens High School for the Sciences at York College7.1%
- The Academy for Excellence through the Arts15.7%
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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