With 1.9% enrollment drop, NYC schools have lost 64,000 students since pandemic started

With 1.9% enrollment drop, NYC schools have lost 64,000 students since pandemic started

From Chalkbeat:

Enrollment in the nation’s largest school system has dropped roughly 1.9% this school year, according to preliminary figures released Friday by the education department.

Roughly 938,000 students are enrolled in New York City’s public schools, down from about 955,000 last school year, when the system saw a significant decline related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Declining birth rates are playing a role, a department spokesperson said. Some families have left the five boroughs, opted for charter schools, private schools, or home school, though officials did not provide data that reveals to what extent those factors may be affecting the enrollment shift.

The city’s public schools have been shedding students well before the pandemic. The decline last school year was much more significant, though, with enrollment dropping by 4.7%. Overall, the city’s district schools now have 6.4%, or about 64,000, fewer students compared with the 2019-2020 school year, when the pandemic started.

Read the full article here:
https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/10/29/22753067/enrollment-decline-nyc-schools

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