Changes in enrollment at different grade levels varied since the start of the 2019 pandemic. While there are countless reasons why the drop in enrollment is concerning, one of the most obvious is that public schools lose funding as they lose students. But enrollment declines are far from uniform Everything from the reasons they’re happening to their severity varies widely from place to place The experience also isn’t universal—some. According to federal estimates, public school enrollments nationally are projected to fall by more than 2.7 million students between fall 2022 and fall 2031—a decline of 5.5%
The natural assumption is that fewer students would mean fewer resources But what if the opposite were true? Enrollment declines are widespread but differ substantially across types of schools, locales, and socioeconomic status
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