California Public School Enrollment Declines 5th Year in a Row

A school in Orange, Calif., on March 10, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

SACRAMENTO—California’s public school enrollment is on a steady decline for the fifth year in a row with about 110,000 fewer students amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the California Department of Education (CDE) announced on April 11.

The state enrollment for the 2021–22 school year is about 5.89 million, down from 6 million in the previous year, according to the CDE.