Enrollment at San Diego County schools has declined by about five percent, or 27,000 students, over the past decade. One district is already closing schools and its officials are warning others to face the crisis directly.
The people who study demographics and make projections say it’s going to get worse.
Shrinking enrollment in public schools is a trend throughout California, with some schools experiencing only small declines or even slight increases, while most are seeing their student populations decline – some by more than 50 percent over the past 10 years…