Preschool, Kindergarten Enrollment Drops 13 Percent Nationally

Preschool, Kindergarten Enrollment Drops 13 Percent Nationally
Kindergarten students attend a math lesson at the Milton Elementary School, in Rye, N.Y., on May 18, 2021. Mary Altaffer, File/AP Photo
Tom Ozimek
Updated:
Public school enrollment in 2020–2021 fell by 3 percent nationally compared to a year earlier, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), with pre-K and kindergarten jointly seeing a sharp 13 percent drop.

The stark numbers represent the largest year-over-year decline in enrollment since the start of the century, with the drop concentrated among the youngest learners, the NCES figures show.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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