Transitional kindergarten students clap with teacher Matilde Lopez, right, and coach Claudia Mesa, left, on the first day of school at Weemes Elementary in Los Angeles. A total of 5,837,690 students were enrolled in the 2023-24 school year, according to data released Thursday from the state Department of Education. While many school districts hoped students would return as the pandemic faded, that does not appear to have happened. Parents are stressing outThe state did not provide separate figures for enrollment in TK last year, but instead combined it with kindergarten students. TK enrollment was at 98,000 in the 2019-20 school year, before the pandemic dip and before the program was expanded to younger 4-year-olds.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 17, 2024 10:37 UTC