Chicago Public Schools enrollment is stable for first time in more than a decade – Chalkbeat Chicago

In the past decade, the district’s student body shrunk by 20%, with the district seeing multiple year-over-year declines of roughly 10,000 students; last year, Chicago lost its standing as the nation’s third largest district.  But in the past year, the city has welcomed thousands of migrant families from the southern border and a top mayoral aide suggested that newcomers were boosting enrollment in schools.