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Declines Impact Youngest Students the Most
TEA Releases Enrollment Data
The TEA released (Jan. 7) enrollment data (here and here) comparing the state’s public school enrollment from October 2019 to October 2020, and data reflecting how many students are receiving instruction on campus or remotely.

The data reflects that Texas school enrollments declined by 156,596 (3 percent) from October 2019, when compared to October 2020. See graphic below.
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Other highlights:
  • More than half of the enrollment decline (54 percent) is represented by early education, PK and kindergarten, which are considered “optional enrollment grades.” Early child and PK enrollments, by themselves, each reflected 22 percent enrollment declines.

  • Enrollment in the mandatory-attendance grades (1 to 12), when taken together, declined by 1 percent.
The TEA also reported that as of October 2020, 54 percent of students were receiving instruction on campus, and 46 percent were receiving remote instruction.

The TEA says it will update the enrollment data in late February (which will include an analysis by student demographic groups) and in late April.