Enrollment in D.C.’s traditional public schools is even lower than the figure administrators calculated in the fall, according to a new audit that shows student numbers at 49,422, down more than 5,500 from the previous year.

Six months after schools had to report their student figures, the State Superintendent’s Office made public its official enrollment audit on Wednesday, providing a full accounting of the population of both the charter and traditional public school system.

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