Los Angeles Schools’ Enrollment Falls By 27,216 Students in 2021

Students and parents arrive masked for the first day of the school year at Grant Elementary School in Los Angeles on Aug. 16, 2021. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has seen a nearly 6 percent drop in enrollment this year, it was reported Sept. 28.

The district has 439,013 students in preschool through 12th grade, compared to 466,229 last year at this time, according to the Los Angeles Times, which cited an annual count known as “norm day,” made on the fifth Friday of every new school year.