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Edcouch‑Elsa ISD reports lower enrollment and ADA; principals outline new attendance incentives
Summary
Edcouch‑Elsa ISD reported a drop in enrollment and average daily attendance at its Sept. 22 board meeting and outlined campus-level incentives and new outreach to try to recover students and avoid roughly $793,000 in funding loss.
Edcouch‑Elsa ISD Superintendent Dr. Ochoa reported at the Sept. 22 board meeting that the district’s current enrollment stands at 4,144 students, down from 4,265 at the same point last year, and that districtwide average daily attendance (ADA) is 3,684.1 compared with 3,812.9 last year.
The decline has pushed the district’s attendance rate to 94.07 percent, short of the district goal of 95 percent. Dr. Ochoa told trustees that if the district does not recover students the district faces an estimated funding reduction of about $793,000.
District leaders told the board where students left the district: 46 to IDEA, 27 to Weslaco, 8 to Mercedes, 5 to Monte Alto, 5 to Edinburg, 6 to South Texas, 5 to Donna and 1 to…
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