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IUSD reports modest districtwide enrollment decline, highlights charter growth and housing impacts
Summary
District staff reported a roughly 0.5% decline in overall enrollment for 2025 driven by lower grades 1–6 counts, while pre‑K rose and two charter schools educate about 940 district students off district rolls; staff linked declines to reduced housing absorption and national birth‑rate trends and said further updates are planned for spring.
Irvine Unified staff said Tuesday that the district experienced a modest overall enrollment decline of about 0.5% in the most recent year, driven primarily by fewer students in grades 1–6 even as pre‑K increased after an eligibility change.
Staff review: Jesse Baron summarized several drivers behind the decline: national lower birth rates, slowed housing and delayed occupancy in some projects (notably an…
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