Utah public school enrollment falls 2.4% to 640,471 students
Charter school enrollment rose 2.3% to 87,161 students while district enrollment dropped 3.1%.
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Utah's public K-12 enrollment fell by 15,840 students, or 2.4%, to 640,471 for the 2026-27 school year, according to data from the Utah State Board of Education published by Utah Business. The board's figures show it is the largest single-year percentage decline since at least 2014. [1]
District enrollment dropped by 17,796 students, or 3.1%, to 553,310, while charter schools gained 1,957 students, or 2.3%, to reach 87,161. Charters now make up 13.6% of Utah's public K-12 students, and district and charter enrollment have moved in opposite directions for five consecutive school years. [1]
Twelfth-grade enrollment fell by 1,043 students, or 1.9%, to 52,939, the first year-over-year decline in that grade since at least 2014. Even with the recent drop, total enrollment is about 4.6% above the 612,088 students enrolled in 2014. [1]
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