The Brooklyn School for Social Justice: chronic absenteeism and attendance
32K549 · High school · 400 Irving Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237 · Bushwick North · District 32
48.8%
chronically absent in 2024-25
34.3%
District 32
36.6%
NYC high school grades (9 to 12)
In 2024-25, 140 of 287 students at The Brooklyn School for Social Justice missed 10 percent or more of the school year, 14.4 points higher than District 32 and 12.2 points higher than NYC high school grades (9 to 12). The rate fell 7.7 points from 2023-24, and was 54.0% in 2018-19, before the pandemic. The average attendance rate was 83.4%.
Chronic absenteeism and attendance by year
| Year | Bar chart of the school’s rate | Chronically absent | NYC | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 54.0% | 26.5% | 79.1% | |
| 2019-20 | 49.9% | 25.1% | 79.1% | |
| 2020-21 | 63.8% | 29.7% | 77.8% | |
| 2021-22 | 57.9% | 40.4% | 79.5% | |
| 2022-23 | 61.6% | 36.2% | 79.0% | |
| 2023-24 | 56.5% | 34.8% | 82.3% | |
| 2024-25 | 48.8% | 33.3% | 83.4% |
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 933.8%
- Grade 1045.0%
- Grade 1157.7%
- Grade 1257.7%
By student group, 2024-25
| Student group | Students | Rate | Everyone else |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students with disabilities | 55 | 69.1% | 44.0% |
| English language learners | 105 | 37.1% | 55.5% |
| Students in poverty | 254 | 48.0% | 54.5% |
| Students in temporary housing | 86 | 47.7% | 49.3% |
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 32 schools
- Academy for Excellence in Leadership55.8%
- Bushwick Leaders High School for Academic Excellence55.1%
- EBC High School for Public Service - Bushwick53.4%
- I.S. 347 School of Humanities37.3%
- P.S. 145 Andrew Jackson37.6%
- P.S. 274 Kosciusko39.4%
- P.S. 299 Thomas Warren Field43.0%
- P.S. 377 Alejandrina B. De Gautier37.9%
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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