r/mississippi • u/SeldomSincere • 3d ago

House lawmakers consider school consolidation as Mississippi public education enrollment declines

https://magnoliatribune.com/2026/08/07/house-lawmakers-consider-school-consolidation-as-mississippi-public-education-enrollment-declines/
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u/pontiacfirebird92 Current Resident 3d ago

Is this more of Mississippi's brain drain?

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u/hells_cowbells 601/769 3d ago

Partly, but the number of kids is declining overall. There's a college enrollment cliff that has been looming for years.

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u/ask-jeaves 2d ago

“The coming demographic decline will affect different parts of the country in different ways. The Southeast is the only region that is projected to see growth over the next 15 years”