Main article about the rumors of a low-cost Macbook here [0], this is a related article confirming that recent code supports the existence of said MacBook.

Apple has long sought to get back into the education market is once ruled before it was decimated by the launch of the Chromebook. A low-cost, plastic Macbook with stripped down features only available to the EDU market wouldn't be a bad play. They made EDU-only models before (sold the white Macbook long after it left general availability), and the A18 Pro chip has similar single-core performance to the M4 so if they can get the rest of the cost down it might be a hit.

[0]: https://www.macrumors.com/2025/06/30/apple-to-launch-low-cos...