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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Nader Issa

UNBELIEVABLE: Cps enrollment stabilizes for first time in a decade - Caught on Camera

Students and parents arrive at Jacob Beidler Elementary School in Garfield Park on the West Side on the first day of school for Chicago Public Schools, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

In a significant development for Chicago Public Schools, enrollment has stabilized this fall for the first time in over a decade, according to preliminary data analyzed by the Chicago Sun-Times.

The district had lost students for 11 consecutive years and last year lost its status as the nation’s third-largest public school system. CPS enrollment has dropped by more than 80,000 kids in that time.

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