Enrollment
Education Funding
Public Schools by the Numbers: How Enrollment, Funding, and More Changed in 2024
K-12 enrollment is dropping, funding is lagging economic growth, and other takeaways from newly available data.
College & Workforce Readiness
Most States Will See a Steady Decline in High School Graduates. Here Are the Data
The decline is based largely on population trends.
Law & Courts
High Court Won't Review School Admissions Policy That Sought to Boost Diversity
The U.S. Supreme Court refused a case about whether race was unconstitutionally considered in admissions to Boston's selective schools.
Special Education
How Students With Disabilities Fare in Both Charter and Regular Public Schools
Students with disabilities experienced inequities in both types of schools, a new analysis shows.
Law & Courts
What's Ahead for Education This Supreme Court Term? Trans Rights, E-Rate, and More
The justices have one major case on transgender medical care on their docket and others pending on gender-identity issues in schools.
Law & Courts
Court Revives Asian-American Groups' Challenge to New York City Selective Admissions
New York's program has sought to increase representation of Black and Latino students in its selective high schools.
School Choice & Charters
How Private School Choice Complicates Public School Budgets
Districts are seeing higher costs and fuzzier enrollment projections as more states give parents public funds for private education.
School & District Management
Public Schools Launch Marketing Campaigns to Compete With School Choice
鈥淚t signals that public schools want to be the schools of choice in a choice environment," says one researcher.
School & District Management
Rural Schools Are Fighting for Their Existence. What the Future Could Look Like
Rural schools have long been contending with enrollment declines that are still relatively new to districts in more populated areas.
School & District Management
Q&A
He Helps Schools Forecast Their Enrollment. It's Become Tougher Than Ever
Projecting school enrollments used to be a more straightforward undertaking.
School & District Management
Private School Enrollment Is on the Rise. What鈥檚 Going On?
More than 4 in 5 U.S. children attend public school鈥攂ut the percentage has dropped slightly as private schools have gained enrollment.
School & District Management
Where Is K-12 Enrollment Headed? Population Trends, by the Numbers
America's public schools will have fewer students in the coming years, but population changes vary widely by state.
School & District Management
Explainer
What's Going On With Public School Enrollment? All the Big Questions, Answered
Districts across the country are contemplating a future with fewer students. What are the trends, and how did this happen?
English Learners
The English-Learner Student Population, in Charts
The English learner population continues to grow including in states not historically recognized for this cohort of students.