As American women have fewer babies each year, the number of young children in the United States is dwindling. The trend is now catching up to the nation鈥檚 public school districts.
There are simply fewer children to attend school in America today: The number of public school students in kindergarten through 12th grade has fallen in 30 states since the mid-2010s.
Declining enrollment has hit many of the nation鈥檚 largest urban school districts, including Los Angeles, Chicago and New York, a New York Times analysis found. But smaller and suburban districts are shrinking at a similar rate.
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