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Enrollment

At least 1 in 9 of the 4,162 school board meetings we read in the past year dealt with enrollment.

Spreadsheet: all 4,162 meetings read, 570 marked yes
13.6%of meetings (90% range of our count 12.3%⁠–⁠15.1%)
570meetings
324districts

We catch nearly 7 in 10 meetings that discuss this (90% range 53%⁠–⁠82%); counts are floors.

Clips

Board members on enrollment

I was diligently writing questions when you were talking, and that was my next question, is when— how soon are we going to know how many students we've lost due to homeschooling and, and all the other things that are going on. It's— school starts in August and we won't know until October.Casey PhelanPresident · Pasadena ISD Board of Trustees · Jun 17, 2026Watch the full meeting from 35:42
By state

Meetings where we found enrollment, state by state

Of the 4,162 checked meetings the issue check read since Nov 1, 2025 · alphabetical, not ranked: we haven't measured how much of each state our count catches, so states can't be compared on these floors · the quiet band is each state's 90% range · a state needs 30+ meetings from 5+ districts, and a state that is mostly one district is named with that district

  1. California30.4% · 23%⁠–⁠37% · 342 mtgs
  2. Colorado16.1% · 9%⁠–⁠25% · 68 mtgs
  3. Connecticut11.5% · 6%⁠–⁠19% · 121 mtgs
  4. Florida48.5% · 30%⁠–⁠64% · 35 mtgs
  5. Georgia17.6% · 10%⁠–⁠30% · 34 mtgs
  6. Illinois5.5% · 3%⁠–⁠9% · 215 mtgs
  7. Indiana7.6% · 3%⁠–⁠12% · 156 mtgs
  8. Iowa11.8% · 4%⁠–⁠22% · 59 mtgs
  9. Kansas20.0% · 8%⁠–⁠46% · 35 mtgs
  10. Kentucky0.0% · 0%⁠–⁠8% · 33 mtgs
  11. Maryland14.7% · 7%⁠–⁠28% · 34 mtgs
  12. Michigan11.7% · 8%⁠–⁠17% · 213 mtgs
  13. Minnesota10.3% · 4%⁠–⁠16% · 116 mtgs
  14. Missouri11.0% · 7%⁠–⁠15% · 100 mtgs
  15. Montana10.8% · 2%⁠–⁠23% · 37 mtgs
  16. New Jersey6.4% · 3%⁠–⁠10% · 250 mtgs
All 47 states
  1. New York5.6% · 3%⁠–⁠8% · 478 mtgs
  2. North Carolina4.3% · 0%⁠–⁠10% · 91 mtgs
  3. Ohio4.0% · 2%⁠–⁠7% · 248 mtgs
  4. Oregon25.9% · 14%⁠–⁠38% · 77 mtgs
  5. Pennsylvania2.8% · 1%⁠–⁠6% · 244 mtgs
  6. Tennessee6.8% · 3%⁠–⁠12% · 88 mtgs
  7. Texas25.7% · 18%⁠–⁠33% · 241 mtgs
  8. Virginia14.3% · 7%⁠–⁠22% · 146 mtgs
  9. Washington37.9% · 27%⁠–⁠48% · 124 mtgs
  10. Wisconsin22.0% · 16%⁠–⁠28% · 231 mtgs
  11. Alabama— 25 meetings read
  12. Alaska— 9 meetings read
  13. Arizona— 7 meetings read
  14. Arkansas— 7 meetings read
  15. Delaware— 4 meetings read
  16. Idaho— 19 meetings read
  17. Louisiana— mostly one district: Iberia Parish School District, 2 of 9 meetings
  18. Maine— 10 meetings read
  19. Massachusetts— 5 meetings read
  20. Mississippi— 16 meetings read
  21. Nebraska— 11 meetings read
  22. Nevada— 17 meetings read
  23. New Hampshire— 26 meetings read
  24. New Mexico— 24 meetings read
  25. North Dakota— 18 meetings read
  26. Oklahoma— 11 meetings read
  27. South Carolina— 18 meetings read
  28. South Dakota— 6 meetings read
  29. Utah— 21 meetings read
  30. West Virginia— 9 meetings read
  31. Wyoming— 24 meetings read
The map

Every district we read, sized by how many of its meetings discussed enrollment

Los Angeles Unified, CA 12Oakland Unified, CA 12Issaquah School District, WA 9

One point per district at its Census location · 9 of 1,114 districts have no Census point · one colour, no sides · How we count

Discussed, and who came to speak

Where enrollment came up, against how many members of the public speak

131030100+Typical district 8%Many speakers, rarely discussedMany speakers, often discussedOften discussed, few speakersPublic speakers per meeting ↑↑ Public speakers per meetingSan Francisco Unified 66%, 32.3 a meetingLos Angeles Unified 63%, 30.9 a meetingFort Worth ISD 44%, 30.1 a meetingDavis Joint Unified 81%, 9.7 a meetingOrange School District 83%, 2.4 a meeting
← Less often on enrollmentMore of its meetings →

Also discussed at 198 more districts where we read fewer than 6 meetings:

In the news

At least 590 news articles found by search, Oct 29, 2025 to Oct 28, 2026

Districts that discussed it most

Los Angeles Unified discussed it at 12 meetings, more than any other district.

12 of 19Los Angeles Unified CAmeetings that discussed it, of the district’s meetings12 of 22Oakland Unified CAmeetings that discussed it, of the district’s meetings9 of 11Davis Joint Unified CAmeetings that discussed it, of the district’s meetings9 of 11San Angelo ISD TXmeetings that discussed it, of the district’s meetings9 of 15Issaquah School District WAmeetings that discussed it, of the district’s meetings8 of 20Kenosha School District WImeetings that discussed it, of the district’s meetings7 of 10Keller Independent School District TXmeetings that discussed it, of the district’s meetings7 of 11West Linn School District 3J ORmeetings that discussed it, of the district’s meetings7 of 11Washougal School District WAmeetings that discussed it, of the district’s meetings7 of 14Clear Creek Independent School District TXmeetings that discussed it, of the district’s meetings
The meetings behind this number

All 570 meetings, newest first

Showing the newest 100

Spreadsheet: all 4,162 meetings read, 570 marked yes