PUBLISHER: SIMBA Information, Inc. | PRODUCT CODE: 1244937
PUBLISHER: SIMBA Information, Inc. | PRODUCT CODE: 1244937
PreK-12 Enrollment and Demographics 2023-2024
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruptions to the education system, including declines in PreK-12 enrollments and has led to shifts in where and how families choose to educate their children, with some opting for religious or private schools, homeschooling, virtual schools, public charter schools, and other alternatives. Rely on Simba Information's PreK-12 Enrollment and Demographics 2023-2024 to build your strategy in serving the PreK-12 market for 2022 and forward.
Simba Information's PreK-12 Enrollment and Demographics 2023-2024 details the trends impacting enrollment in traditional PreK-12 schools and the move to religious or other private schools, home schooling, virtual schools, public charter schools, and other long-term learning alternatives. The data and findings are based on Simba's internal research and analysis of official data drawn from governmental agencies, associations and other authoritative and timely sources.
The PreK-12 Enrollment and Demographics 2023-2024 market research report covers the following major categories:
Enrollment Rates
Public Schools
Population Trends
Private Schools
Charter Schools
Homeschooling
Virtual Schools
Graduation Rates
Students in Poverty
ELL Population
Special Services
PreK Program Growth
Student Migration
Post-Pandemic Connectivity
PreK-12 Enrollment and Demographics 2023-2024 contains detailed and granular data and analysis on key trends and developments including:
Post-pandemic enrollment trends and impacts
State Public School enrollment
Trends impacting the general population
Digital learning, home schooling and virtual schools
Private school enrollment trends
Graduation rates decline and dual enrollment growth
Poverty, homelessness, and student migration trends
Rise in ELL population
Special Education enrollment decline
PreK Program growth
Key trends discussed include:
Long-term enrollment trends
Growth in public school alternatives enrollment
Population trends impacting school enrollment
Publishers and investment professionals can trust Simba Information's PreK-12 Enrollment and Demographics 2023-2024 to provide the inside intelligence needed to evaluate the changes and student needs effecting public, private and home-based K-12 schooling.
PreK-12 Enrollment and Demographics 2023-2024 is an essential tool for publishing executives, M&A advisors, market analysts, and industry consultants who need to understand the current drivers of how many students are enrolling in PreK-12 schools, the current challenges in learning, forecasts for future enrollment and other major drivers impacting enrollment, graduation and learning.
Simba has the knowledge base and perspective gained from more than 20 years' covering this market and the rapid changes in technology, the economy, mergers, partnerships and public policy that affect it.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY
METHODOLOGY
POST-LOCKDOWN ENROLLMENTS LAG
PANDEMIC-LED IMPACTS
LONGER-TERM TRENDS
PERMANENT IMPACTS
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL LANDSCAPE
Table 1. Enrollment in Public K-12 Schools by Level, Fall 2019 to Fall 2023 (in thousands)
ENROLLMENT TRENDS VARY BY STATE
Table 2. Change in Public School Enrollments by State, 2021-2022 versus 2020-2021 School Years
PRELIMINARY 2022-2023 STATE ESTIMATES
VARIATIONS BY DISTRICT
IMPACTS VARY BY RACE AND ETHNICITY
Table 3. Enrollment in Public Schools by Level and Race/Ethnicity, Fall 2021 (in thousands)
GENERAL POPULATION TRENDS
BIRTH RATES
Table 4. Change in Number of Births by Race/Ethnicity, 2021
YOUTH POPULATION
Table 5. Resident US Population Under 18 Years and Percentage of Population
POPULATION TRENDS BY STATE
Table 6. Change in Population by State, 2020-2022
NUMBER OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Table 7. Number of Public K-12 Schools by Type and Charter, Magnet, and Virtual Status, 2018-19 through 2019-20
ALTERNATIVES TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SCHOOL CHOICE
PRIVATE SCHOOLS SEE PANDEMIC COATTAILS
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS STAY STRONG
Table 8. Catholic School Enrollment and Number of Schools, 2022-2023
Table 9. Catholic School Enrollment Trends, Fall 2018 to Fall 2022
CHARTER SCHOOLS
Table 10. Public K-12 Charter Schools and Enrollment: 2018-19 through 2019-20
Table 11. Number of Charter Students and Schools, 2018-2019 Through 2020-2021
Table 12. States with the Largest Charter School Enrollment as a Share of Total School Enrollments, 2020-2021
HOME SCHOOLING
Table 13. Number of Students Home-Educated, 2019-2022
VIRTUAL SCHOOLING
Table 14. Number of US Virtual Schools, Enrollment, and Share of Enrollment, 2019-2020
GRADUATION RATES AND DUAL ENROLLMENT
Table 15. Public High School Graduates, by Region, 2019-2020 through 2022-2023 (P)
DUAL ENROLLMENT
POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS
Table 16. Percentage Distribution of Enrollment in Public Schools, by Family Poverty Rate of 5- to 17-Year-Olds Living in the District, 2019-2020
HOMELESSNESS AND EDUCATION
Table 17. Homeless Students (Undergrad, 3- to 5-year-olds, and K-12), 2017-2018 through 2019-2020 (in thousands)
Table 18. Homeless Students Enrolled, by Select Age Levels, 2017-2018 to 2019-2020
CONTINUED RISE OF THE ENGLISH LEARNER POPULATION
Table 19. Trends in English-Language Learner Enrollment, 2000-2001 to 2019-2020
Table 20. English-learner Students Enrolled in Public K-12 Schools by Grade, Fall 2019
Table 21. English-learner Students Enrolled in Public K-12 Schools by Home Language, Fall 2019
Table 22. English-learner Students Enrolled in Public K-12 Schools by Race/Ethnicity and Disability, Fall 2019
Table 23. Percentage of Public School Students Who Are English Learners by State, 2019-2020
SPECIAL EDUCATION ENROLLMENTS DECLINE SLIGHTLY
Table 24. Children Served Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B, by Type of Disability, 2020-2021 (in thousands)
UNIVERSAL PREK PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO GROW
Table 25. Percentage of 3- to 5-Year-Old Children Enrolled in School, by Gender and Race/Ethnicity, 2019-2020 versus 2020-2021 School Years
Table 26. Availability of Public PreK Programs by State, February 2023
STUDENTS ON THE MOVE
Table 27. Foreign-Born Immigration and Student Immigration, 2013-2022 (in thousands)
Table 28. Annual Population Change, July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2022
EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
Table 29. Top States for K-12 Schools Certified by the Student and Exchange Visitor Program by State, 2021
UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS
Table 30. Estimated Population of K-12 Undocumented Students by State, 2021
EVEN POST-PANDEMIC, ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN CONNECTIVITY
Table 31. Progress Toward FCC School Connectivity Goals, 2015-2022
Table 32. Percentage of Districts Meeting FCC-Recommended Bandwidth of 1 Mbps Per Student by State, 2021-2022
CONCLUSION