纽约市公立学校入学人数12年减少18.7万，小规模学校增至335所
纽约市公立学校的入学人数正在持续下滑。据教育新闻网站 The 74 援引 Chalkbeat 的分析报道，过去 12 年，纽约市公立学校 K-12 学生人数减少了 187,000 人，降至 790,000 人；预计未来十年还将减少接近同样的幅度。
小规模学校的危机随之加剧。学生人数不足 250 人的学校—教育部门认为低于这一规模就难以提供完整的课程—在过去 25 年里增长了 8 倍，从 42 所增至 335 所。市长佐赫兰·马姆达尼上任近一年，尚未就如何应对公立学校系统的诸多紧迫挑战提出愿景；教育局长卡马尔·塞缪尔斯本月早些时候表示，不希望制定全市范围的缩减学校计划。
与此同时，各学区已在酝酿关闭至少两所入学不足的学校：一所位于哈莱姆区的高中与一所位于南布朗克斯的初中。入学人数下滑的原因包括出生率下降与家庭迁出纽约市。
New York City Public School Enrollment Down 187,000 in 12 Years as Small Schools Rise to 335
Enrollment in New York City's public schools is in free fall. The K-12 student population in public schools is down 187,000 over the past 12 years to 790,000, and it is projected to fall almost as much in the decade to come, according to an analysis by Chalkbeat reported by The 74.
The number of schools with fewer than 250 students — the size under which Education Department leaders say it is difficult to offer a robust education — has multiplied eightfold over the past 25 years, from 42 to 335. Nearly a year into his administration, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has not shared a vision for addressing the school system's pressing challenges, and Chancellor Kamar Samuels indicated earlier this month that she does not want to create a systemwide plan to reduce the number of schools.
In recent weeks, superintendents have floated proposals to close at least two underenrolled schools, a high school in Harlem and a middle school in the South Bronx. The decline is driven by falling birth rates and families leaving the city.
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