Arlington ISD’s enrollment could shrink by 2032. Here’s what’s driving the decline

Arlington ISD’s enrollment could shrink by 2032. Here’s what’s driving the decline

Arlington ISD’s enrollment could drop below 50,000 in the next seven years, a report recently presented to the school board revealed. The presentation showed two factors are contributing to the possible drop off in enrollment: competition with charter schools and the waning enrollment of kindergarteners.The stagnation of growth in the enrollment numbers since the COVID-19 pandemic is not an issue just isolated to Arlington ISD — it is affecting …