Yonkers
Yonkers' Chronic Absenteeism Fell from Its Peak but Remained More Than Twice 2019
Correction: This article was updated to reconcile its district and subgroup figures with current New York State Education Department data and remove explanations the published record could not support...
97% of Sizable New York Districts Remained Above Their 2019 Absence Rate
Among 571 New York districts with at least 500 students in both 2018-19 and 2023-24, only 17 had a chronic absenteeism rate at or below their 2019 rate in 2024. That was 3.0% of the fixed district uni...
Rochester Has Declined 17 Straight Years
In 22 years of New York State enrollment data, Rochester has grown exactly twice: once in 2006, by 238 students, and once in 2009, by 49. Every other year the district shrank. Since that last blip of ...
475 New York Districts at All-Time Lows
In a typical year, a few dozen New York school districts touch their lowest enrollment on record. In 2026, 475 did.