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Cleveland City Schools reports stable overall enrollment, smaller kindergarten cohort and transition to new state data system
Summary
District data staff said early enrollments are broadly stable, with a noticeably smaller kindergarten cohort and about 650 new enrollments this year; the district also reported a switch to the state’s new TEDs reporting system and a successful rollout of PowerSchool forms for returning students.
District data staff told the Cleveland City Schools Board on Sept. 8 that overall enrollment levels are largely stable but that the district is seeing a noticeably smaller kindergarten cohort this year. Michael Carson, who presented the fall enrollment update, said the smaller kindergarten group fits a broader, nationwide birth-rate trend and that some parents may be “redshirting” kindergarten entry for children born during the COVID years.
Carson reported roughly 650 new enrollments since summer and approximately 570 student withdrawals or transfers out — numbers he called “typical” for the start of a school year. He also said about 155 students…
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