Over 1.2 million students left public schools since pandemic, numbers still declining in Democrat strongholds

By Ari Hoffman

 

Conversely, there was very little public school attrition in states that did not lock down.

Plummeting public school enrollment doesn’t appear to be returning to pre-pandemic numbers, causing some schools to risk financial crisis.

School funding is tied to enrollment.

US public schools have lost more than 1.2 million students since 2020, according to a national survey which shows roughly a 2 percent drop across the country.The trend is concentrated in major urban centers. Since 2020, New York City has lost approximately 50,000 students from their public school system, while the Los Angeles Unified School District’s non-charter schools lost approximately 43,000 students over the past two years. During the same time period, public schools in Chicago lost approximately 25,000 students.

 

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