Highlights
One in four Texas students is now an English learner
Nearly one in four Texas public school students is now classified as an English learner — up from roughly one in five just five years ago. Between 2018-19 and 2023-24, the state added 290,208 English learners, a 27.5% increase that was nearly three times the state's total net enrollment gain of 101,064 students over the same period. The English learner share of enrollment rose from 19.5% to 24.4%, a 4.9 percentage-point shift — the largest composition change of any student group in Texas.
White students are no longer the majority in Rhode Island schools
For the first time in state history, white students are no longer the majority in Rhode Island's public schools. White enrollment fell to 48.9% of the student body in 2025-26, down from 50.3% last year and 64.0% in 2011-12 — a 15.1 percentage-point drop in 14 years. The shift did not require a surge in students of color. It happened because white enrollment has fallen faster than every other group, shedding 2,935 students this year alone while overall enrollment dropped 2,149.
Illinois nears a plateau after six years of decline
Illinois lost 2,730 students last year. That is the smallest annual decline in six consecutive years of falling enrollment — a fraction of the 69,702 who vanished from classrooms in the pandemic year alone. After shedding 135,959 students since 2018-19, the state's K-12 system is approaching something it hasn't seen in nearly a decade: a flat line.