Texas public school pre-K enrollment tumbles 22 percent
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Students in a prekindergarten class are shown in October at Houston ISD’s Atherton Elementary School. Texas Education Agency officials said Friday that prekindergarten enrollment declined by 22 percent as of October 2020 when compared to the prior year.Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
Prekindergarten enrollment in Texas public schools dropped 22 percent in the first half of the 2020-21 school year, state officials confirmed Friday, offering the most detailed look yet at the scope of a trend worrying education advocates amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Texas Education Agency officials said about 194,100 students were enrolled in a public school prekindergarten class as of October, down from about 249,200 at the same time in 2019. The number of 3-year-olds in early education programs also fell 22 percent, down to 20,100 this school year, while enrollment in kindergarten and fifth grade tumbled 6 percent.

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