LOS ANGELES — California public school enrollment has continued to decline this school year without any bounce-back from steep drops during the pandemic years, although the pace of decreases has slowed.
Overall, enrollment for the 2022-23 school year went down 0.69% or nearly 40,000 children, bringing the total to 5,852,544, according to newly released state data.
This year's percentage decline is worse than each of the five years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, but a substantial improvement on the two school years most affected by the pandemic: 2020-21 and 2021-22.
