LA Unified Enrollment to Drop 30 Percent by 2031

Students walk to their classrooms at a public middle school in Los Angeles, on Sept. 10, 2021. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—Enrollment in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is expected to drop 30 percent in the next decade, forcing district officials to make a series of tough decisions on campus closures and employment.

Student enrollment in LAUSD has been falling at a rate of about 2.8 percent per year since it hit its enrollment peak with 737,000 students in 2002.