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DC Public Schools sees highest enrollment ever ahead of 2024 EdFEST | Fox5

December 02, 2024
  • D.C. Policy Center

On November 26, 2024, Education Policy Initiative Director Chelsea Coffin was quoted by Fox 5:

Chelsea Coffin is the director of the education policy initiative at the D.C. Policy Center, a nonprofit think tank. She agreed that the enrollment increase is great news for the both the school district and the city as a whole but which grade levels are increasing could mean implications around school budgets later on.

“High schools may see higher levels of funding if enrollments are higher at the high school level and that elementary schools may start to have more of a pinch if indeed that is where enrollment is decreasing,” Coffin explained.

Read More: DC Public Schools sees highest enrollment ever ahead of 2024 EdFEST
Additional reading: State of D.C. Schools, 2022-23: Challenges to pandemic recovery in a new normal

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