Fewer students, tighter budgets: Miami-Dade schools face enrollment drop

Name: Fewer students, tighter budgets: Miami-Dade schools face enrollment drop
Uploaded: 2025-08-27T18:39:00-0400
Duration: 2 min 36 s
Description: Miami-Dade Public Schools lost over 13,000 students this year, driven by lower birth rates, rising costs, and families leaving South Florida. The drop is forcing staffing cuts and reflects a broader trend of students shifting to private and charter schools or not enrolling at all.

Miami-Dade Public Schools lost over 13,000 students this year, driven by lower birth rates, rising costs, and families leaving South Florida. The drop is forcing staffing cuts and reflects a broader trend of students shifting to private and charter schools or not enrolling at all.