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Enrollment in charter schools was up, but not enough to account for the overall lower enrollment in traditional TK to grade 12 schools, officials said.

Statewide, the enrollment drop over recent years occurred even as the state added a new grade level, transitional kindergarten or TK.

The number of TK students grew 17%, from 151,491 to 177,570.

Gov. Gavin Newsom set an ambitious goal of 400,000 students enrolled in TK by the 2025-26 school year.

However, the governor decreased the line item for TK funding for next year by $300 million in the May revision of his proposed budget for 2025-26, due largely to a reduction in the state’s projected TK enrollment.