AISD enrollment expected to fall 9 percent in a decade

​​AUSTIN – The Austin Independent School District’s enrollment is expected to decline by 7,200 students over the next decade, according to a report to be presented to trustees by Templeton Demographics.

That would continue annual enrollment drops over the past six years, as Austin-area students choose charter schools and families move to adjacent districts where the schools can be perceived as better and housing is less expensive. 

The school district also has lost thousands to charter schools, which have rapidly expanded in recent years, and now educate 30,000 Austin-area students.

District enrollment will tumble to 72,965 students, or by 9 percent, by the 2028-29 school year, according to the projections.