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From Honolulu Star-Advertiser:
The state Department of Education has launched a formal review process to assess whether some public school campuses should be consolidated, citing a steady decline in student enrollment over the past decade.
A department report sets official enrollment at DOE and charter schools in the 2004-2005 school year at more than 181,000 students statewide, with about 175,000 of them attending DOE schools. Enrollment peaked in the 2013-2014 school year, when enrollment surpassed 185,000.
Since then, there has been a steady decline, and for the current 2024-2025 academic year, total enrollment in DOE and charter schools dropped to just 165,340 students, with only 152,270 enrolled in DOE schools.
DOE announced Thursday that the declining enrollment trend prompted officials to begin a school consolidation study, following procedures outlined in state guidelines.
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