Public school enrollment continues to fall • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Public school enrollment continues to fall • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

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Public school enrollment continues to fall

Children walk through Carter Traditional Elementary School in Louisville, Ky. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)Across the country, public school enrollment has failed to rebound to pre-pandemic levels — and data suggests the decline is far from over. According to projections from the National Center for Education Statistics, public K-12 enrollment peaked at 50.8 million students in autumn 2019, but is expected to fall by nearly 4 million studen…