CMS enrollment stays steady; south Charlotte high schools gain relief

New numbers show enrollment rose slightly but is still below its peak

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CMS enrollment stays flat district-wide, while overcrowded south Charlotte high schools gain relief from new school 

Enrollment in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools stayed basically flat this school year, with 141,700 students on the district’s logs at the end of the first month of school, compared with last year’s 140,836 — a rise of 0.6%. 

The holding-steady enrollment numbers signify a continuing leveling off from the pandemic plunge the district saw in 2020-21, when out of 176 schools, 143 lost students in 2020, and the following year, 119 schools had enrollment declines.