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Public-school enrollment dropping in US

August 18, 2022

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CWN Editor's Note: American public schools lost 4% of their students during the lockdown years of 2020 and 2021, according to statistics furnished by Education Next.

The statistics show a dramatic drop in the percentage of school-age children enrolled in public schools. From the spring to the fall of 2021, that figure plummeted from 81% to 72%.

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