The new academic year hasn't even begun and public school enrollment is already not looking good in some parts of the country. 

Seattle Public School fall enrollment is projected to be down to its lowest rate in a decade, declining even further from last year's significant drop. Similarly, the New York City public schools shared data last week suggesting a continued dip in public school enrollment, with more than 28,000 fewer students expected to attend a district school this fall. 

"We have a hemorrhaging of families that are leaving the city, leaving the school system," said New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

The Seattle Times editors seemed slightly perplexed by the drop in their city's public school enrollment. According to their recent editorial: "But even more concerning is that Seattle and some other districts' enrollment continue trending downward even as statewide enrollment slowly recovers."