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Centennial SD reports modest continued enrollment decline; class-size hot spots prompt targeted teacher deployments
Summary
The district reported 5,464 students as of Sept. 19, 2025, with modest year-over-year declines. Board heard class-size averages, identified several elementary ‘hot spots’ and confirmed targeted teacher allocations to reduce overcrowding.
Centennial School District staff presented a fall enrollment update at the Sept. 24 work session, reporting 5,464 students enrolled as of Sept. 19, with the district continuing to experience a modest decline in total enrollment since 2016.
Director Sotherton said the data reflect students who attended at least one day this school year and cautioned that October 1 historically marks the year’s highest headcount; the district was still cleaning up ‘10-day drops’ that remove students not attending for 10 consecutive days.
Superintendent Owens and staff said fluctuations are driven in part by statewide declining birth rates and by local housing patterns: the district is seeing…
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