Sign up for Chalkbeat Newark’s free newsletter to get the latest news about the city’s public school system delivered to your inbox. After years of growth, Newark’s charter school enrollment is slowing down this school year, raising questions about where students are going. Charter schools added 200 students this school year, pushing total enrollment to 21,588. That’s an increase of less than 1%, a fraction of the sector’s annual 2% to 3% growth since 2019, according to a Chalkbeat analysis.