It is tearing down more than it builds, but almost all of what it being torn down at this point is empty, whereas what is being built is occupied, so that doesn't really tell you much about the population trend.
Nor you can you discern of anything about the overall population from the DPS student population because such a high proportion of kids don't attend them. Also, because new residents are disproportionately childless.
There are actually lots of signs of growth. When you look at the city in aggregate, the declining areas mask them, but it's completely obvious when you travel around the city. That doesn't mean that they are necessarily permanent--we'll see how the city weathers the next recession--but they certainly exist.
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