LA Unified Enrollment to Drop Below 400,000 in 2 Years: Officials

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 for the nation’s second-largest school district, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)—is down by 40 percent, from 747,000 students in 2003 to 437,000 this year. District officials project the district may continue to face steep enrollment declines in the coming years.

Contrast that with 20 years ago, when LAUSD was so populated, it had to offer year-round classes for some students.