The fastest-declining public middle schools by enrollment in the United States
Across the United States, 9,433 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the steepest enrollment decline between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Marc T. Atkinson Middle School & Gifted Academy leads the list at -83.8%, against a median of -13.0% across the ranked schools.
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