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Wissahickon reports steady 5-year enrollment and highlights savings from in-house virtual academy
Summary
District reports 10th-day enrollment of 5,135 students, discusses class-size guidelines and capacity concerns, and notes that the Wissahickon Virtual Academy (run with the Montgomery County IU) currently enrolls 18 students and costs the district far less per student than cyber charters.
Wissahickon School District administrators told the board Sept. 29 that tenth'day enrollment for the 2025'26 school year stands at 5,135 students and that overall totals have been relatively steady over the past five years.
The presentation broke enrollment down by school: Blue Bell elementary reported about 500 students; Shady Grove was listed as the largest elementary with 689 students; Stony Creek had 636; the middle school had 1,256 students and the high school 1,458, according to slides shown at the meeting. The superintendent noted kindergarten enrollment was 351 this year.
District leaders also reviewed the district's class'size guidelines and administrative limits from the policy chart presented to the board: kindergarten upper limit 22; grade 1 upper…
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