That’s how many fewer Connecticut students are taking computer science courses compared to the 2022-23 school year, the third consecutive year of declining enrollment, down 1.5 percentage points. The steepest drops came in traditional coding and robotics courses. The trend mirrors a national decline of 53,000 computer science majors at four-year colleges in spring 2026.: Connecticut lawmakers this year passed a law requiring computer science to be taught in public schools starting this school year. Higher-income districts saw the steepest drop, at 3.5 percentage points. “I think the opportunities are drying up,” said John Tusch, president of Connecticut’s Computer Science Teachers Association. “I don’t think it’s that we’re losing the fad. I think we’re fumbling the ball.”