California Is Running Out of Students—Why Fewer Births and Families Leaving Spell Trouble for the State
According to a recent Public Policy Institute of California report, K-12 enrollment statewide has dropped 8% since 2015 and is expected to continue declining over the next decade. Julien Lafortune, senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, told the Daily Signal that the decline has been substantial. “A decade ago, [California had] 6.2 million students.
- ▪According to a recent Public Policy Institute of California report, K-12 enrollment statewide has dropped 8% since 2015 and is expected to continue declining over the next decade.
- ▪Julien Lafortune, senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, told the Daily Signal that the decline has been substantial.
- ▪“A decade ago, [California had] 6.2 million students.
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Home – California Politics & News – California Is Running Out of Students—Why Fewer Births and Families Leaving Spell Trouble for the State news California Is Running Out of Students—Why Fewer Births and Families Leaving Spell Trouble for the State Angelina Delfin • August 12, 2026 Print Several students on arrival at the first day of school. (Carlos Lujan/Europa Press via Getty Images) (function(){var t=document.querySelector(".wp-block-kadence-dynamichtml"),s=document.currentScript.previousElementSibling;if(t&&s){if("prepend"==="before_element")t.parentNode.insertBefore(s,t);else if("prepend"==="after_element")t.parentNode.insertBefore(s,t.nextSibling);else if("prepend"==="prepend"||"prepend"==="inside_first_child")t.insertBefore(s,t.firstChild);else t.appendChild(s);}})(); Between…
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