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Beloit reports slight headcount decline in January pupil count; resident count down 49, open‑enrollment flows noted
Summary
At the Jan. 10 pupil count, district staff reported the district’s headcount was down eight students from the September count and resident students were down 49; staff detailed open‑enrollment in and out figures and said transient student movement remains high.
District staff presented the January pupil count to the Business Operations & Finance Committee and summarized changes since September.
Staff said total headcount of students physically present or otherwise eligible at the Jan. 10 count was eight fewer than the September count, and total resident students (students who live in the Beloit School District boundaries) were down by 49 compared with September. The district reported 108 nonresident students open‑enrolled into Beloit (students who attend Beloit schools but live in other districts) and 875 Beloit resident students open‑enrolled to other districts (open‑enrolled out). The net resident membership reported for the January count was 5,712 students.
Staff explained that pupil counting is a DPI‑mandated process that distinguishes headcount (students enrolled and attending) from resident pupil count and full‑time‑equivalent (FTE) membership. For state funding formulas, preschool special education and four‑year‑old kindergarten carry fractional weighting; staff said membership conversion and DPI rules will be applied to derive FTE membership.
The presentation flagged student mobility: staff reported roughly 430 individual students moved into or out of the district between the September and January counts, underscoring high transient movement in the local student population. Staff said about 42 of the resident count change were in the open‑enrollment‑out category and could reflect moves outside the state or other circumstances not visible to the district.
What this means: Enrollment and membership numbers feed state funding formulas; staff said they will reconcile changes and compute final membership/FTE for fiscal reporting and will return updated membership figures to the board during the year.
