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CPS enrollment falls to 316,224 in SY26; district sees sharp drop in new student inflow
Summary
CPS reported SY26 enrollment of 316,224, a decline of roughly 9,000 students year-over-year and a large drop in new students entering the district to about 38,000; the district flagged declines among English learners and Latinx students and said IEP counts rose 2.5 percent.
Sarah Kempner, executive director of Insights and Research, presented the district’s SY26 enrollment snapshot to the Chicago Board of Education on Oct. 23. She reported total district enrollment at 316,224 students, down just over 9,000 from last year and about 6,000 fewer than the 2022–23 school year, which had been the prior low.
Kempner said the decline was driven primarily by a sharp drop in new students joining the district compared with prior years; CPS…
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