Fall Running Start enrollment slowed this school year
The number of students participating in Running Start across the state went down by roughly 14% in 2021, echoing overall college enrollment declines during the pandemic.
In the 2017-2018 school year, the Running Start enrollment was approximately 26,700 kids. The program kept seeing increases of about 1,000 kids per year until 2021-2022 when it dropped to 25,700.