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D.C. school enrollment expected to drop after years of increases | Washington Post

July 14, 2022
  • D.C. Policy Center

On July 13, 2022, the D.C. Policy Center’s report, Declining births and lower demand: Charting the future of public school enrollment in D.C., was cited by the Washington Post:

Enrollment in D.C.’s traditional public and charter schools is expected to drop over the next five years, a disappointing turn for a city that had celebrated more than a decade of growth in its public schools. The current enrollment stagnation and anticipated decrease in the coming years — according to a study released Wednesday by the local research group D.C. Policy Center — was propelled by declining birthrates and adults leaving the city or pulling their children out of public schools during the pandemic.

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Related: Declining births and lower demand: Charting the future of public school enrollment in D.C. | D.C. Policy Center

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