Oregon school enrollment worries officials as it continues dropping, though the decline is slowing

Oregon schools have experienced three consecutive years of enrollment declines, a trend state officials find 'concerning.' Many students have left ...

February 17, 2023
4:56 AM

Oregon schools have experienced three consecutive years of enrollment declines, a trend state officials find 'concerning.' Many students have left to be homeschooled, but thousands more haven't been conclusively tracked to another learning situation. Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB After two years of students leaving Oregon public schools by the thousands, enrollment declined again this year but not nearly as much, a sign that enrollment is stabilizing. Yet the state doesn't know where a lot of those students who left went.

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