Chronic absenteeism in New York public schools

Imagine Me Leadership Charter School in Brooklyn had the highest chronic absenteeism of any New York school with 50 or more students in 2022-23: 99.5% of its students missed 10% or more of their school days. The average New York school reported 35.4%, against 26.5% for U.S. schools; 100 of the 100 schools listed were at 50% or more.

EDFacts chronic absenteeism 2022-23 · schools open in 2024-25 with 50+ students · method

Chronically absent students, highest New York schools, 2022-23Imagine Me Leadership Charter School 99.5%; Emerson School of Hospitality 99.2%; Brilla Pax Charter School 99.0%; Kaplan Career Academy 98.8%; Riverside School for Makers and Artists (the) 98.4%; Lyons Community School 97.9%; Greenburgh Academy 97.9%; PS 7 Samuel Stern 96.5%; PS 74 Hamlin Park - Claude and Ouida Clapp Academy 95.9%; High School for Excellence and Innovation 95.6%; New York 35.4%.0255075100Imagine Me Leadership Charter School99.5%Emerson School of Hospitality99.2%Brilla Pax Charter School99.0%Kaplan Career Academy98.8%Riverside School for Makers and Artists (the)98.4%Lyons Community School97.9%Greenburgh Academy97.9%PS 7 Samuel Stern96.5%PS 74 Hamlin Park - Claude and Ouida Clapp Academy95.9%High School for Excellence and Innovation95.6%New York 35.4%
Chronically absent students, highest New York schools, 2022-23Imagine Me Leadership Charter School 99.5%; Emerson School of Hospitality 99.2%; Brilla Pax Charter School 99.0%; Kaplan Career Academy 98.8%; Riverside School for Makers and Artists (the) 98.4%; Lyons Community School 97.9%; Greenburgh Academy 97.9%; PS 7 Samuel Stern 96.5%; PS 74 Hamlin Park - Claude and Ouida Clapp Academy 95.9%; High School for Excellence and Innovation 95.6%; New York 35.4%.0255075100Imagine Me Leadership Charter School99.5%Emerson School of Hospitality99.2%Brilla Pax Charter School99.0%Kaplan Career Academy98.8%Riverside School for Makers and Art…98.4%Lyons Community School97.9%Greenburgh Academy97.9%PS 7 Samuel Stern96.5%PS 74 Hamlin Park - Claude and Ouid…95.9%High School for Excellence and Inno…95.6%New York 35.4%
Chronically absent students, highest New York schools, 2022-23Imagine Me Leadership Charter School 99.5%; Emerson School of Hospitality 99.2%; Brilla Pax Charter School 99.0%; Kaplan Career Academy 98.8%; Riverside School for Makers and Artists (the) 98.4%; Lyons Community School 97.9%; Greenburgh Academy 97.9%; PS 7 Samuel Stern 96.5%; PS 74 Hamlin Park - Claude and Ouida Clapp Academy 95.9%; High School for Excellence and Innovation 95.6%; New York 35.4%.050100Imagine Me Leadership Charter School99.5%Emerson School of Hospitality99.2%Brilla Pax Charter School99.0%Kaplan Career Academy98.8%Riverside School for Makers and Artists (th…98.4%Lyons Community School97.9%Greenburgh Academy97.9%PS 7 Samuel Stern96.5%PS 74 Hamlin Park - Claude and Ouida Clapp…95.9%High School for Excellence and Innovation95.6%New York 35.4%
Chronically absent students, highest New York schools, 2022-23Imagine Me Leadership Charter School 99.5%; Emerson School of Hospitality 99.2%; Brilla Pax Charter School 99.0%; Kaplan Career Academy 98.8%; Riverside School for Makers and Artists (the) 98.4%; Lyons Community School 97.9%; Greenburgh Academy 97.9%; PS 7 Samuel Stern 96.5%; PS 74 Hamlin Park - Claude and Ouida Clapp Academy 95.9%; High School for Excellence and Innovation 95.6%; New York 35.4%.050100Imagine Me Leadership Charter School99.5%Emerson School of Hospitality99.2%Brilla Pax Charter School99.0%Kaplan Career Academy98.8%Riverside School for Makers and Artists…98.4%Lyons Community School97.9%Greenburgh Academy97.9%PS 7 Samuel Stern96.5%PS 74 Hamlin Park - Claude and Ouida Cl…95.9%High School for Excellence and Innovati…95.6%New York 35.4%

The chart draws the top of the register below; its source is named under the register.

The 100 highest rates

SchoolCityStudents 2024‑25Chronically absent 2022‑23
Imagine Me Leadership Charter SchoolBrooklyn28099.5%
Emerson School of HospitalityBuffalo39999.2%
Brilla Pax Charter SchoolBronx32599.0%
Kaplan Career AcademyNew Windsor8998.8%
Riverside School for Makers and Artists (the)New York48098.4%
Lyons Community SchoolBrooklyn36297.9%
Greenburgh AcademyYonkers13697.9%
PS 7 Samuel SternNew York34896.5%
PS 74 Hamlin Park - Claude and Ouida Clapp AcademyBuffalo39695.9%
High School for Excellence and InnovationNew York19895.6%
PS 52Jamaica27095.4%
High School for Climate Justice (the)New York37094.7%
Storefront Academy Harlem Charter SchoolNew York9694.7%
PS 188 Island School (the)New York33294.3%
PS 256Syosset54394.2%
The other 85 on the list
SchoolCityStudents 2024‑25Chronically absent 2022‑23
Buffalo Creek Academy Charter SchoolBuffalo17694.1%
Lamad Academy Charter SchoolBrooklyn16594.1%
Edenwald SchoolPleasantville8694.1%
World Academy for Total Community Health High SchoolBrooklyn19993.2%
Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters (the)Bronx41393.0%
Northwest College Preparatory High SchoolRochester48792.9%
Martin Luther King Jr High SchoolHastings on Hudson6392.9%
Mott Hall High SchoolNew York27792.7%
Urban Assembly School of Design and ConstructionNew York20092.6%
PS 23 at Queens Children CenterBellerose38992.5%
PS 112 Jose Celso BarbosaNew York22192.3%
PS 723Bronx38191.9%
New Design Middle SchoolNew York9291.8%
Urban Assembly School for the Performing ArtsNew York17891.7%
Rockaway Collegiate High SchoolRockaway Park28791.6%
PS 242 Young Diplomats Magnet Academy (the)New York14590.8%
Dream Charter School HighbridgeBronx36390.6%
Eagle Academy for Young Men of HarlemNew York22890.5%
Gorton High SchoolYonkers1,06890.4%
W H Maxwell Career and Technical Education High SchoolBrooklyn54590.4%
PS 186 Walter J Damrosch SchoolBronx68190.2%
PS 43Far Rockaway57490.1%
Mckinley Vocational High SchoolBuffalo86289.7%
Burgard High SchoolBuffalo50289.6%
Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young WomenBrooklyn35289.3%
International Preparatory School (the)Buffalo64088.5%
PS 270 Johann DekalbBrooklyn13388.5%
Math Science Technology Preparatory School at 197Buffalo43888.3%
Harvey Milk High SchoolNew York7888.3%
Orchard View Alternative High SchoolHopewell Junction5888.3%
PS 44 Marcus GarveyBrooklyn12088.2%
South Park High SchoolBuffalo80188.0%
Academy for Young WritersBrooklyn39888.0%
PS 371 Lillian L RashkisBrooklyn21588.0%
PS 76 William HalletLong Island City39787.9%
James Monroe Upper SchoolRochester80987.8%
University Preparatory Charter School for Young MenRochester51487.7%
Newcomers High SchoolLong Island City1,16287.6%
International High School at Prospect HeightsBrooklyn30387.1%
PS 753 School for Career DevelopmentBrooklyn40887.0%
Broome Street Academy Charter High SchoolNew York27087.0%
Bilingual CenterBuffalo35886.8%
Frederick Douglass AcademyNew York61986.7%
Bronx International High SchoolBronx41186.7%
Staten Island Hebrew Public Charter SchoolStaten Island20286.7%
Repertory Company High School for Theatre ArtsNew York20686.5%
Lewis J Bennett High School of Innovative TechnolgyBuffalo46986.3%
Henry J Kalfas Magnet SchoolNiagara Falls30486.2%
Urban Assembly School for Green Careers (the)New York32686.1%
English Language Learners-Inter SuppBronx26786.1%
Success Academy Charter School-Bronx 5 LowerBronx14586.1%
Harvey Austin School #97Buffalo48786.0%
D'youville-Porter CampusBuffalo52185.7%
Theatre Arts Production Company SchoolBronx42785.7%
Edison Career and Technology High SchoolRochester1,36285.6%
Business of Sports SchoolNew York40785.5%
Renaissance School of the ArtsNew York13285.4%
Marva J Daniel Futures Preparatory SchoolBuffalo36985.3%
PS 145 Bloomingdale School (the)New York49085.2%
PS 178 Saint Clair MckelwayBrooklyn31385.0%
PS 111 Jacob BlackwellLong Island City55484.9%
Queens Transition CenterJamaica46184.9%
Compass Charter SchoolBrooklyn29684.8%
PS 188 Michael E BerdyBrooklyn23684.8%
High School of Hospitality ManagementNew York22884.8%
Antonia Pantoja Preparatory Academy - a College Board SchoolBronx39484.5%
Ontech Charter High SchoolSyracuse25484.5%
Urban Assembly School of Business for Young WomenNew York12784.5%
Sid Miller AcademyBrooklyn59584.4%
PS 36Brooklyn42284.3%
Martin Luther King Jr #48Buffalo41384.3%
PS 268 Emma LazarusBrooklyn28684.3%
Bridge Preparatory Charter SchoolStaten Island26384.3%
PS 112 Dutch KillsLong Island City52184.2%
Yonkers Early Childhood AcademyYonkers29784.1%
PS 168Bronx57784.0%
PS 45 Clarence WitherspoonSouth Ozone Park46484.0%
Lovejoy Discovery School #43Buffalo58983.7%
Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce (the)New York15783.7%
Wadleigh Perf and Visual ArtsNew York31983.6%
Emerson School (the)Jamaica28483.6%
PS 111 Adolph S OchsNew York39883.3%
Herman Badillo Bilingual AcademyBuffalo51483.2%
Young Women's Leadership School of BrooklynBrooklyn25583.2%
PS 84Buffalo15183.2%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts 2022-23: students absent 10% or more of school days over enrollment. Enrollment from NCES CCD 2024-25.

How many New York schools report a rate

4,589 of 4,723 New York schools with 50 or more students report a rate (97%) in the 2022-23 file. The state average on the national state ranking rests on these reporting schools.

More lists for New York

  1. 01Chronic absenteeism by state

    The national ranking

  2. 02Public schools in New York

    The state hub: schools, students, districts

  3. 03Every school district

    Directory, 2024-25

  4. 04Largest schools

    By 2024-25 enrollment

  5. 05Fewest students per teacher

    Schools, 2024-25

  6. 06Highest-spending districts

    F-33 fiscal year 2022-23

Sources

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts Chronic absenteeism by school · 2022-23

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