New York City

The Congressional Insider -   New York City public schools are on track to lose 153,000 students over the next decade, draining the tax base while spending skyrockets to $42,000 per pupil—yet graduation rates have plummeted to a 20-year low.

Per-pupil spending surged 35% to $42,000 annually, while high school graduation rates fell to 81%, the lowest in two decades. Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx lost a combined 123,000 students since 2019-20, with families fleeing to Florida and New Jersey. Critics tie the exodus to Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s progressive agenda and high living costs, as families with young children leave at twice the rate of others.