CPS enrollment drops again amid low birth rates and immigrant fears
Chicago Public Schools enrollment has declined by 11,500 students this year, continuing a long-term downward trend that is particularly affecting schools in predominantly Latino neighborhoods.
Chicago Public Schools enrollment has declined once again by another 11,500 students to about 304,700, officials said Thursday in announcing preliminary data, the lowest number in more than two decades.Enrollment had stabilized for two years — even increasing briefly — with the arrival of thousands of immigrant students in 2023 and 2024. But the trend proved short-lived as the district’s 20-year enrollment freefall resumed last year and again this fall, dwindling from its high of nearly 439,000…
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