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Charter School Enrollment Continues To Decline
With 82.4% of these publicly funded private schools failing to meet enrollment targets in Los Angeles, is a rash of closures on the horizon?
Fiscally Independent Charter Schools’ “overall enrollment has been trending downward — since the 2021–2022 school year, enrollment has decreased by approximately 2,500 students.”
– Alberto M. Carvalho
Demographic experts at the LAUSD have known since at least 2003 that the District was facing a decrease in enrollment. That did not stop the School Board from misallocating money on a building boom that added classroom inventory just as these declines started to take effect. It also has not stopped the District’s critics from tying the loss of students to their complaints. For example, former LAUSD candidate Tracey Schroeder ignored the shrinking pool of school-aged children and claimed during the February meeting of the Northridge East Neighborhood Council’s Education Committee that the decline was due to a failure to keep students safe.
