Texas public schools see first non-pandemic enrollment decline in about 40 years
Texas public schools see first non-pandemic enrollment decline in about 40 years
Texas public schools see first non-pandemic enrollment decline in about 40 years
Latino children accounted for the vast majority of students who left public schools this year, according to a new analysis.
The policy research group Texas 2036 analyzed the state’s enrollment data and projected that about 100,000 fewer students would attend public schools by the end of the current decade.
Hispanic students accounted for 81% of this school year’s enrollment drop. Over the past year, federal and state leaders increased anti-immigration rhetoric, in some cases detaining Texas students and prompting fear across communities.
Texas educates 5.5 million public school students, 53% of whom are Hispanic, 24% are white and 13% are Black.