High school enrollment to peak in 2025, with future graduating classes steadily shrinking

MORE GRADUATES IN California and nationwide will walk across the stage to receive their high school diplomas in the spring of 2025 than in more than a decade — and more than in decades to come.   

The “Knocking at the College Door” report, released last week by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, predicts how many students might graduate across each state in the country, how demographics might shift, and the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic could have an impact still.