California’s Public School Enrollment Could Drop for 10 More Years

Public schools are experiencing a decline in enrollment, continuing a trend that began in 2013 and will likely worsen over the next 10 years, according to the Public Policy Institute of California. A June report by the institute found that enrollment in California public schools has fallen 6 percent over the past decade, and projected it will drop an additional 12 percent by 2034. The Los Angeles area experienced the largest decline from 2013 to 2023, with enrollment dropping 15.2 percent, followed by the Sierra Nevada region in eastern and central California and the Bay Area with 9.5 percent and 8.2 percent dips, respectively. Total public student enrollment in California is now around 5.85 million, down from 6.23 million in the 2013–14 school year....