The number of public school students has fallen sharply across New York City this year, declining 4%, or roughly 43,000, according to new city and state data that offer the most detailed portrait yet of enrollment trends during the coronavirus pandemic.
Though the nation's largest school district has been shrinking in recent years, amid declining birth rates as well as rising charter enrollment, New York City's traditional public schools lost more students this year than the previous 14 years combined. Enrollment now stands at roughly 960,000, the city's preliminary figures released Wednesday show.
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Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Students attend the first day of school at P.S. 188 The Island School in Manhattan. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization covering public education. Sign up for their newsletters here: ckbe.at/newsletters.
The number of public school students has fallen sharply [...]
