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CPS enrollment falls to 316,224; district cites drop in new students
Summary
CPS reported enrollment of 316,224 students for the 2025-26 school year, a decline driven chiefly by fewer new students entering the system; the presentation also noted a small increase in students with IEPs and uneven changes across neighborhoods.
Chicago Public Schools reported at its Oct. 23 meeting that district enrollment for this school year is 316,224 students, a decline of about 9,000 from the prior year.
Sarah Kempner, executive director of Insights and Research, told the Board the drop is driven primarily by a sharp fall in the number of new students joining CPS compared with the prior two years; the presentation said new students…
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