Fall enrollment again dips at Ann Arbor schools, but student count is up over long term

ANN ARBOR, MI — Fall enrollment in Ann Arbor Public Schools is again on the decline this year, a continuing trend since the district’s pre-pandemic peak.

But according to the latest data, the district’s total student count — 1.17% smaller than last year and 3.05% lower since 2020 — is still higher than it was more than a decade ago.

It’s a distinction administrators highlighted in a preview of a fall enrollment report Monday, Nov. 24, in a committee meeting for Ann Arbor School Board members before a full presentation next month.

“If we look at enrollment over the last two decades, enrollment across the state of Michigan has actually dropped 16.7%. During that same time, Washtenaw ISD, so our county, has dropped 7.4% in student counts,” Dan Berger, AAPS’ director of research and assessm