K-12 student enrollment down 6K students; decrease smallest in a decade

April 14, 2023
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K-12 student enrollment in Michigan schools is down more than 6,000 students, according to numbers presented to the State Board of Education Tuesday. The drop continues a trend of fewer students attending Michigan public schools, although the decrease is the smallest Michigan has seen since 2013. “For more than a decade prior to the pandemic, Michigan’s population has been declining and with it K-12 enrollment,” said Office of Analytics and Reporting Director Mike McGroarty. There were fewer students entering private schools or homeschools than during the pandemic. Roughly 2,500 students exited the public school system in 2022 for homeschool or private


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