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District demographer: enrollment down about 10.5% since 2019; board warned of budget impacts
Summary
Robert McCracken reported an Oct. 1 enrollment snapshot showing the largest single‑year drop since 2020 and overall enrollment down roughly 10.5% from 2019; board members and finance staff discussed likely staffing and budget implications for next fiscal year.
At the Oct. 14 meeting, district demographer Robert McCracken presented the official Oct. 1 enrollment snapshot and a summary of cohort trends that the district uses for budget forecasting.
McCracken said the district recorded “the largest drop in enrollment since 2020” and that total enrollment is down “a little under 10 and a half percent” since 2019. He highlighted an unusually small kindergarten class and noted that some of the decline reflects lower birth cohorts, while a separate factor is slowed in‑migration…
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