Compared to 2025, the Broward County school district began the school year with around 11,000 fewer students.
Superintendent Howard Hepburn said the system had about 180,000 students enrolled by the first day of school, Aug. 10, during a press conference on the same date.
“That’s about 11,000 down from last year,” Hepburn said, adding that charter schools also saw a dip in enrollment, and were starting the year with about 2,100 fewer students…