P.S. 138: chronic absenteeism and attendance
75M138 · K-12 all grades · 144-176 East 128 Street, Manhattan, NY 10035 · East Harlem North · District 75
63.4%
chronically absent in 2024-25
57.7%
District 75
63.7%
this school in 2023-24
In 2024-25, 467 of 737 students at P.S. 138 missed 10 percent or more of the school year, 5.7 points higher than District 75. The rate held steady from 2023-24, and was 57.5% in 2018-19, before the pandemic. The average attendance rate was 81.1%.
Chronic absenteeism and attendance by year
| Year | Bar chart of the school’s rate | Chronically absent | NYC | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 57.5% | 26.5% | 82.7% | |
| 2019-20 | 54.7% | 25.1% | 82.3% | |
| 2020-21 | 51.0% | 29.7% | 82.5% | |
| 2021-22 | 73.8% | 40.4% | 76.2% | |
| 2022-23 | 72.3% | 36.2% | 78.6% | |
| 2023-24 | 63.7% | 34.8% | 79.8% | |
| 2024-25 | 63.4% | 33.3% | 81.1% |
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
- Pre-K78.6%
- K65.4%
- Grade 159.3%
- Grade 270.3%
- Grade 370.5%
- Grade 450.0%
- Grade 563.6%
- Grade 652.9%
- Grade 756.4%
- Grade 857.6%
- Grade 965.2%
- Grade 1069.2%
- Grade 1161.3%
- Grade 1264.1%
By student group, 2024-25
| Student group | Students | Rate | Everyone else |
|---|---|---|---|
| English language learners | 204 | 66.7% | 62.1% |
| Students in poverty | 697 | 64.6% | 42.5% |
| Students in temporary housing | 96 | 78.1% | 61.2% |
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 75 schools
- P.S. 16862.4%
- P.S. 3663.3%
- P.S. 373 - Brooklyn Transition Center62.5%
- P.S. Q25663.0%
- P.S. X01063.4%
- P.S. X012 Lewis and Clark School64.0%
- P.S. X64363.7%
- Sid Miller Academy63.5%
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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