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Tarrant County’s pre-K enrollment is dipping—down 2.7% from last year, the first real decline since the pandemic—despite a 12.5% overall rise since 2021. The drop hits hardest in Fort Worth and Arlington, while districts like Keller and Lake Worth have lost students for years due to fewer births and rising school alternatives. Experts wonder why this county, which accounts for most of Texas’ pre-K losses, is bucking the trend—some suspect immigration enforcement near schools may be influencing families, especially given the Hispanic majority in Tarrant’s pre-K population. Meanwhile, booming districts are scrambling to build new preschool campuses, revealing how wildly uneven early education trends can be across just one region.

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