Young Women's Leadership School, Astoria: chronic absenteeism and attendance
30Q286 · Secondary School · 23-15 Newtown Avenue, Queens, NY 11102 · Old Astoria · District 30
27.8%
chronically absent in 2024-25
29.9%
District 30
33.3%
all NYC public schools
In 2024-25, 162 of 583 students at Young Women's Leadership School, Astoria missed 10 percent or more of the school year, 2.2 points lower than District 30 and 5.5 points lower than all NYC public schools. The rate fell 0.9 points from 2023-24, and was 12.7% in 2018-19, before the pandemic. The average attendance rate was 91.7%.
Chronic absenteeism and attendance by year
| Year | Bar chart of the school’s rate | Chronically absent | NYC | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 12.7% | 26.5% | 94.7% | |
| 2019-20 | 12.8% | 25.1% | 95.2% | |
| 2020-21 | 39.7% | 29.7% | 88.6% | |
| 2021-22 | 28.3% | 40.4% | 91.5% | |
| 2022-23 | 28.8% | 36.2% | 91.6% | |
| 2023-24 | 28.6% | 34.8% | 91.5% | |
| 2024-25 | 27.8% | 33.3% | 91.7% |
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 610.5%
- Grade 715.5%
- Grade 827.3%
- Grade 928.6%
- Grade 1035.0%
- Grade 1133.0%
- Grade 1248.5%
By student group, 2024-25
| Student group | Students | Rate | Everyone else |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students with disabilities | 102 | 40.2% | 25.2% |
| English language learners | 30 | 33.3% | 27.5% |
| Students in poverty | 436 | 31.9% | 15.6% |
| Students in temporary housing | 17 | 41.2% | 27.4% |
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 30 schools
- Academy for Careers in Television and Film28.8%
- Academy of American Studies26.2%
- Albert Shanker School for Visual and Performing Arts28.0%
- Energy Tech High School27.9%
- Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School30.0%
- Information Technology High School27.4%
- P.S. 011 Kathryn Phelan28.6%
- P.S. 166 Henry Gradstein27.4%
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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