District staff presented the Randolph County School System’s end-of-year enrollment and capacity report Tuesday, showing a net loss of 66 students districtwide for the 10-month reporting period that ended June 10.

The report matters for facilities planning: the district uses capacity thresholds to deny reassignment or admission requests if a school is at 95% capacity or higher, and several campuses were approaching that threshold.

A district staff member explained the columns in the report: school capacity, enrollment (ADM), capacity percentage, the number of mobile (leased) units and movement of students between attendance areas. The district reported 80 mobile units in the system and said 11 are leased. “At the bottom, the net for the district is a loss of 66 students,” the staff member said.

Officials noted that reassignment and release windows close in mid-May and that July typically brings some additional movement. The district said Oakville and a few other schools have positive reassignment totals while others show losses; those movements net to the districtwide decline of 66. The staff member added historical context: the district had been losing larger numbers of students in 2014–15, which had prompted prior reassignment policy changes.

Board members asked about mobile-unit costs, bathroom availability in trailers, and whether planned residential developments were being captured by the study. Staff said the study group has met with municipal planning departments and is collecting information on approved and proposed developments; the study will also consider planned developments and where new growth is likely.

On capacity and trailer placement, staff said they will not relocate mobile units lightly because moving them is costly and some units lack bathrooms. They are also reviewing lease trailers with a goal to minimize cost. The district plans to continue analyzing enrollment trends, appeals and the study group’s recommendations before proposing boundary changes.

Ending: Staff said they will return with additional enrollment updates and that July is typically a month when reassignment activity increases.