NYC Geographic District #2 (Manhattan)
The 9th-Grade Bottleneck That Unclogged Itself
For decades, 9th grade was where New York's students got stuck. In 2005, the statewide 9th-grade class contained 264,024 students, 43,949 more than the 8th-grade class of the previous year. That meant...
Only 14% of New York Districts Have Recovered From COVID
Correction (April 12, 2026): An earlier version of this article understated NYC District 75's share of statewide enrollment as less than 0.2%; the correct figure is about 1.2%. It also overstated the ...
475 New York Districts at All-Time Lows
In a typical year, a few dozen New York school districts touch their lowest enrollment on record. In 2026, 475 did.