PreK-12 Enrollment & Demographics, 2021-2022
PreK-12 Enrollment & Demographics 2021-2022 provides information on how many students are enrolled in U.S. PreK-12 schools, data on subgroups, projected enrollment trends and indicators of how the COVID-19 pandemic will impact where students are educated. The main source of the information is the Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics, with additional data from other trusted sources.
- Executive Summary
- Introduction & Methodology
- Disenrollment Disrupts Education
- Why and Who
- California Illustrates Pandemic Trends
- Other Examples: Louisiana and Idaho
- Districts: Large and Small
- Where Students Went & Departure Impact
- Public Schools: Numbers & Students
- Public School Enrollment Growth Slows
- Table Trends in Public School Enrollment, 2000-2029P
- Enrollment Patterns Vary Across the States
- Table Projected Percentage Change in Public Elementary & Secondary Enrollment, 2017 to 2029
- Birth Rates Will Impact Future Enrollment
- Public School Enrollment Growth Slows
- Impacts on Private School Enrollment
- Private Schools Face Challenges, See Opportunity
- Catholic School Enrollment Declines Continue
- Table Catholic School Enrollment Declines, 2016-2020
- Support for School Choice Grows
- Increasing Interest in Charter Schools
- Table Charter School Growth, 2000 to 2018
- Table Charter Schools by State, Fall 2019
- Characteristics of Charter Schools
- Table Charter School Management, 2018-2019
- Pandemic Leads to Homeschooling Surge
- Table Homeschooling, 2003-2016
- Virtual Schools See Bright Future
- Graduation Rates Inch Up
- Table Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rates for Public High School Students, 2018-2019
- Dual Enrollment Offers Opportunities
- Decline for Students in Poverty
- Students Experiencing Homelessness
- Table Title I Schools by State, 2019
- Students Experiencing Homelessness
- ELL Population Continues to Grow
- Table Trends in English-Language Learner Enrollment, 2000-2001 to 2018-2019
- Table Percentage of Public-School Students who are ELL by State, 2018-2019
- Special Needs Students Get Services
- Table Trends in Youth Receiving IDEA Services, 2017-2018 to 2019-2020
- PreK Progress Stalls
- Table Enrollment Growth in State-Funded Preschool Programs, 2017-2018 to 2019-2020
- Table Enrollment & Per-Child Spending in State-Funded Preschool, 2019-2020
- Pandemic Impacts PreK
- More Connected Students; Needs Expand
- Table 3-18-Year-Old Children with Home Internet Access, 2016-2019
- Conclusion
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