U.S. Education Department Releases Limited Data Amid Staffing Cuts
The U.S. Department of Education has released a significantly reduced version of its annual Condition of Education report, providing updates on only 17 out of 702 indicators. This comes after mass layoffs in 2025 at the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), which missed its previous deadline for the report. The report highlights that U.S. states spent an average of $20,000 per student in 2024 and notes a 2% decline in public K-12 student enrollment over a decade. The enrollment decline, concentrated in elementary and middle grades, began after the COVID-19 pandemic. The report also reveals disparities in education spending across states, with Idaho spending $12,400 per pupil compared to New York's $33,600. 
