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Assistant superintendent: district new enrollments fall to 466; total students about 4,800
Summary
At the Sept. 16, 2005 Board of Education meeting, Assistant Superintendent David Frick told board members Northridgeville City Schools reported 466 new enrollments this year, down from 503 the prior year, and said the district is responsible for roughly 4,800 students when services and placements are included.
Assistant Superintendent David Frick told the Northridgeville City Schools Board of Education on Sept. 16, 2005, that the district recorded 466 new enrollments this year, down from 503 new enrollments a year earlier. "We are growing, but we're still growing. The good news is this year, we have actually slowed a little bit over what we have previously seen," Frick said.
Frick said part of the difference reflects incoming preschool and kindergarten students. He reported that roughly 195 kindergartners and about 120 pre‑K students registered last year, figures he used to explain how raw new‑enrollment totals can be driven by the youngest cohorts. "When you figure in, you know, last year, we had a 195 kindergartners registered roughly, at about this time of year and another 120 or so pre k students," he said.
Frick gave a snapshot of grade sizes: the district's fifth grade remained its smallest cohort at about 320 students, a group he said traces to the smaller kindergarten class during the COVID period; ninth grade was the largest at about 390 students. He told the board that adding students enrolled in buildings, juvenile‑placement numbers (referred to in the presentation as "JBS" numbers), active district placements and scholarship or unpaid placements yields a figure "right around 4,800 students" for which the district is responsible in some way.
Frick said the district typically gains students during the school year — for example when children become age‑eligible or are identified for special education — and he expects enrollment to rise modestly as the year progresses. "I expect these numbers will continue to grow over the course of the year, as people see the great things that are happening here," he said.
The enrollment figures were presented during the superintendent/treasurer report portion of the board's regular meeting; the board did not take a formal vote on enrollment figures. Frick concluded by saying he would provide an update again next September and possibly earlier if circumstances warrant.
