Public school enrollment drops 3% nationallyhttps://justthenews.com/nation/states/public-school-enrollment-drops-3-percent-nationallyThe number of students attending public schools during the 2020-2021 academic year fell by roughly 3% compared with the previous year.
The data comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, a federal agency that analyzes education figures.
The 3% drop represents some 1.5 million students according to the preliminary report. A final report will not be available until next spring, according to the NCES. Figures come from reports generated by state departments of education.
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Even more stark is the drop in enrollment among younger students. Preschool enrollment fell by 22%, and preschool and kindergarten enrollment combined dropped 13%.
Since preschool and kindergarten are largely not mandatory, thse latter numbers need to be understood in context. Similarly, many PSs were 100% or 50-50 Zoom-school during the 2020-2021 academic year, more context to consider. That stipulated, Covid will probably be shown to have hit PSs as an institution pretty hard.
