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White Students Drop Below 50% in Alabama for First Time
In the late 1990s, nearly two out of three students in Alabama public schools were white. By 2016, that share had fallen to 55.6%. In 2024-25, it reached 50.0%, dropping below the majority threshold f...
714,363: Alabama Hits Its Lowest Enrollment in Over a Decade
State Superintendent Eric Mackey put it plainly in October: "They're just gone." He was talking about roughly 2,100 students who were enrolled in Alabama public schools last year and simply did not re...