Officials say the number of students enrolled at D.C. public and charter schools has hit a 15-year high since counting began in 2007.

The school system educates 850 fewer students than it did last year.

D.C. announced yesterday that enrollment in the city’s public school system was increasing at a clip not seen in four decades.

D.C. may only be a few years away from a 50-50 enrollment split between traditional public schools and charter schools.

Enrollment is up again in D.C.’s public school system, with charter schools leading the way with an 11 percent jump.

*At least until the figures are audited! The Office of the State Superintendent of Education reported today that enrollment in D.C. public schools and charter schools had grown for the third consecutive year, bringing the total number of students in the system to 78,200.

After four decades of decline, enrollment in the D.C. public school system is pretty much holding steady, as Bill Turque reports in the Post. A new audit from the Office of the State Superintendent of Education indicates a loss of only 241 students since last year, for a total enrollment of 44,467, a less than one percent decline. For comparison’s sake, DCPS enrollment decreased by 5 percent in 2007, 8 percent in 2008 and 8…

D.C. Public Schools confirmed yesterday that student enrollment in its 127 schools was at 44,397, up from the roughly 37,000 who were registered when classes resumed on August 24. Enrollment counts typically fluctuate at the start of the year, as parents enroll children late, and transfers are finalized. The high turnout is being credited in part to the District’s “Rediscover DCPS” ad campaign, as a number of the schools featured in the campaign significantly…

On Friday the D.C. Public Schools quietly released their audited enrollment figured for the 2008-09 academic year, and it shows that there are 45,190 students left in the system, down 8.5 percent from last year’s 49,422. This news comes via the Post’s Bill Turque, who says he found the report posted on the D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education’s web site (we can’t actually find it available here) on Friday. Normally, the annual…