Early data shows enrollment at most D.C.-area school districts is relatively flat compared with last year, and many systems still haven’t fully recovered from pandemic-area losses.
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The data is important because enrollment affects how much money school systems receive. Most districts in the D.C. region were serving a record number of students before the coronavirus pandemic disrupted schooling. But enrollment fell when schools shifted to virtual instruction and as some families moved away from the suburbs.
Maryland education officials will release an official statewide enrollment report in January, and the Virginia education department will release statewide figures later this fall.
Figures for D.C. were not immediately available. Last year, the city touted having some of the “highest ever” school enrollment numbers for charters and the traditional public school district.
