Miami-Dade County Public Schools is reporting one of its lowest enrollment figures in recent history for the 2024–25 school year.

In just the first nine days of school, the district has enrolled 313,220 students. Last year, that number was 326,279. The difference of 13,059 students marks a significant decline.

Superintendent Jose Dotres says the drop will have financial consequences.

"We're gonna have to reduce our hourly personnel, we're going to put a stop and minimize overtime, we are not going to approve travel that impacts our general fund. And anything related to that, we are basically going to have to really restrict to sustain the staffing that we were able to create at the beginning of the year," Dotres said.

The district says 2,899 students were withdrawn at the start of t

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