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Exclusive Data: Thousands of Schools at Risk of Closing Due to Enrollment Loss

Brookings researchers found thousands of U.S. schools lost at least a fifth of their enrollment between 2019-20 and 2021-22, putting high-poverty communities especially at risk of closures and mergers.

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Date

January 9, 2024

Type

article

Government

National

Topic

Enrollment

Published by

The 74 (Brookings Institution analysis)

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