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Bentonville School District sees roughly 4,000 more students over next decade, RSP warns of elementary/secondary imbalances
Summary
Consultant Jenna Wallace told the board the district could add more than 4,000 students in the next 10 years, with immediate capacity pressures at some elementary schools and longer‑term strain at middle and high school levels.
At the Oct. 9 Bentonville School District board work session, consultant Jenna Wallace of RSP & Associates presented an enrollment and demographics report projecting "over 4,000 students over these next 10 years," with the largest increases at the elementary level, Wallace said.
Wallace told the board the forecast anticipates about 1,500 additional elementary students, roughly 500–600 at middle/junior high and more than 300 at the high‑school level. "When we have larger twelfth grade classes and smaller kindergarten classes, you're reliant on cohort change to offset that balance," she said, explaining how cohort dynamics and market share of kindergarten births affect…
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