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14 years after neighborhood schools push, San Diego Unified students are just as likely to choice out

Voice of San Diego - November 7, 2025

San Diego Unified implemented its much-touted Vision 2020 plan, which sought in part to keep kids in their neighborhood schools, nearly a decade and a half ago. Neighborhood participation rates haven’t budged.

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Enrollment decline can’t be explained away by shift to private schools, homeschooling

Voice of San Diego - August 15, 2025

San Diego County has 30,000 fewer students attending public school than a decade ago, with another 112,000 projected to be lost over the next 20 years. The drivers are falling birth rates, high living costs and weaker migration—not a mass move to private or home schools—raising the prospect of closures.

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San Diego County’s schools have 27,000 fewer students than a decade ago. It will get worse

Voice of San Diego - July 15, 2025

Over the past decade, enrollment at San Diego County public schools has decline by about five percent. That means there are 27,000 fewer students in local schools. State officials warn the decline will worsen, forcing tough decisions for educators.

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