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Simsbury reports 3,966 students on Oct. 1; kindergarten swings and middle‑school withdrawals drive local shifts
Summary
The Simsbury Board of Education reported an October 1 head count of 3,966 students, down from last year. Officials said kindergarten enrollment differences between Latimer Lane and Squadron Line and summer withdrawals from Henry James middle grades explain much of the decline; class‑size targets remain met at the elementary level.
The Simsbury Board of Education reported an official October 1 enrollment of 3,966 students, a decline from the same date last year and the lowest district count since the COVID year, district staff said during the board’s meeting.
District leaders told the board the overall drop is concentrated in a few grades and schools: Squadron Line reported just 60 kindergarten students this year while Latimer Lane reported 84, and an unusually high summer withdrawal at Henry James Middle School — roughly 30 students across seventh and eighth grades — accounted for most of the middle‑school shortfall.
District officials said the Henry James withdrawals were coded as follows: eight students who moved within Connecticut, 10 who moved out of state, two who moved internationally, nine who enrolled in private school and one who went to homeschooling. The superintendent said the pattern of movement appears coincidental rather than the result of a single local policy or event.
Why this matters: enrollment drives staffing, class assignments, state aid formulas…
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