Iowa's public schools lost 6,000 students last school year; the first decline in a decade [View all]
The Iowa Department of Education's Annual Condition of Education report presents some data on the state's public schools from the 2020-2021 school year and includes information like demographics of students and academic achievement.
Jay Pennington, a bureau chief with the department, said the report is mandated by the legislature and it allows the department to get a snapshot of the state's public education each year and to measure trends.
Pennington said the report was helpful in seeing the effect on schools a year following the beginning of the pandemic.
"We saw a fairly significant decline in student enrollment overall and then in particular in pre-K and kindergarten programs saw the greatest decline in enrollment," he said.
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