BALTIMORE — LaFayette Boone, Jr., imagined a childhood for his son much like his own in Baltimore, attending Catholic school and playing with other kids in the neighborhood.
The plan hit an early hiccup: Amid declining enrollments, St. Michael – St. Clement School in Overlea closed in June after his 5-year-old son’s first and only year there.
It’s certainly not the only school to shutter, as birth rates continue a decades-long decline in the U.S.The number of children living in Baltimore city dropped 13% between 2015 and 2025, while going down less than 1% statewide and about 2% nationally, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Kids Count Data Center.
The number of under-18-year-olds remained roughly level in Baltimore, Harford and Howard counties, and increased to about 3% in Anne Arundel and Carroll counties. Only Frederick County saw a substantial gain in children by 17%.
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