Enrollment in the city’s public charter schools continued to boom this year with 8 percent more students, while DC Public Schools saw their numbers drop, according to the District’s official count released Monday.

Combined, District enrollment jumped 2 percent, but the ratio between DCPS and the city’s charters continues to shift. Charter schools now claim 41 percent of the District’s public school students, the second-highest rate in the country after New Orleans, and have been growing substantially for at least the past 10 years. This year, 31,562 students enrolled in public charters.

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