Wednesday, April 15, 2026

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Nine Alabama Districts Haven't Grown in Over a Decade

Perry County enrolled 731 students in 2025-26. Eleven years ago, it enrolled 1,730. Not once in the intervening years did enrollment rise, not by a single student, not for a single year.

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...