Can Dallas schools reverse years of enrollment drops? DISD leaders see promising sign

More kids enrolled in pre-K and kindergarten than expected.

Dallas schools started classes with more students than expected this year, which leaders say is the first time in nearly a decade that enrollment has trended up.

Dallas Independent School District officials projected 137,500 students would enroll in the city’s schools this year. But about two weeks in, Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde reported that they’d blown past estimates with more than 139,000 children.