Overview

• Interim CEO Macquline King announced the 20th-day total at 316,224 students, about 9,000 fewer than last year.
• Declines hit Black, Latinx, English learners, economically disadvantaged students and those in temporary housing, while counts rose for white, Asian, multiracial students and students with disabilities.
• Overall attendance through the first four weeks ticked up to 92.6% from 92.3% a year ago, according to district data.
• CPS has not yet posted school-by-school enrollment figures, prompting board and community concerns about transparency and timing.
• Low enrollment is already affecting schools, with Epic Academy’s board voting to close over a structural funding shortfall, and advocates cautioning that stepped-up immigration enforcement may be discouraging enrollment.