Enrollment at NYC Public Schools Dives 9 Percent
Enrollment at New York City public schools is down nine percent, which has resulted in massive budget cuts.
“Elementary school enrollment in Manhattan’s District 2, which encompasses affluent areas like Greenwich Village and Soho, is down 10 percent this year and 17 percent over two years,” reports the New York Post.
“In Brooklyn’s District 15, which includes Park Slope, elementary school enrollment has skidded by 16 percent since the onset of the pandemic, and shed more than 1,800 kids over that stretch.”
A Chelsea public school lost 17 percent of its students. Another public school in Greenwich Village lost 26 percent!
“According to state figures, the district went from roughly 16,040 kids in 2020 to over 13,333 this year — a loss of more than 2,500 students over that span.”
Here’s the best news… This enrollment drop is butchering the annual public school budget.- READ MORE
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