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SFUSD enrollment drops 6.6% since 2019; staff warn of multi‑million-dollar ADA revenue impact
Summary
Staff reported a 6.61% decline in SFUSD enrollment from fall 2019 to fall 2021 (about 3,049 students), highlighted large drops among K–4, English learners and homeless-identified students, and warned the district could lose more than $30 million in LCFF revenue without state relief or local mitigations.
District staff presented a fall 2021 enrollment update showing SFUSD’s seabeds count at 49,035 students — a 6.61% decline over two years measured against fall 2019. The decline is concentrated in elementary grades (kindergarten–grade 4) and in the cohort that matriculated from ninth to tenth grade this year. Staff also reported disproportionate drops for English learner designations and students identified as homeless.
Dr. Ritu Khanna, chief of research, planning…
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