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North Allegheny reports slight enrollment uptick and outlines multi-year facilities plan
Summary
District officials presented the annual enrollment and facilities report showing a modest districtwide enrollment increase and projected capacity pressures tied to new housing; administrators said an updated renovation plan will be presented Jan. 25, 2025.
Dr. Hyland and district staff presented North Allegheny School District’s annual enrollment and facilities report on Oct. 22, highlighting modest districtwide growth, subgroup shifts and planned facility renovations.
The presentation showed October 1 enrollment snapshots and long-term trends. Yuko, a district enrollment analyst, reported a year-over-year increase of 60 students (about 0.7%) and said the district’s October 1 snapshot for 2024 was reported in the presentation as 8,855; an earlier slide referenced 8,555. Yuko said the five-year average enrollment change is −0.01%, the 10-year average is +0.43% and the 30-year average is +0.25%.
The report broke out subgroup counts: homeschool enrollment was listed at 161 students, cyber-charter enrollment shown near 100, and 552 nonpublic or privately placed students transported by the district. Yuko said 255 students are Title III–eligible for English-language-development (ELD) services; 29 families have elected to opt out and four students were identified as having limited or interrupted formal education. Since Oct. 1 the district enrolled 12 additional ELD students. The presentation noted 45 languages are spoken in homes of students receiving ELD services.
Special education enrollment was reported at 1,190 students (13.8% of enrollment), which the presenter said is about 4.5 percentage points lower than the intermediate unit average and about 6 percentage points lower than Pennsylvania statewide figures. The presenter explained reporting differences between Oct. 1 and Dec. 1 snapshots and how Dec. 1 drives federal IDEA funding while October reporting is used for certain state funding calculations.
On projections, Yuko said the district uses the Oct. 1 enrollment snapshot, retention rates, Pennsylvania Department of Health birth data and a 2022 demographic study by Steumann Demographics. District demographic-study projections and Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) projections were shown; PDE projections were presented as a range and the demographic-study values fell within that range. Presenters cautioned that new housing and migration shifts can change projected outcomes.
Facilities planning was addressed by Mr. Chibola, who said the district has about 787 new homes approved across parts of the district, of which roughly 222 are currently occupied including 68 townhomes. He said five buildings were identified in facility assessments for unit-level renovations and that the district will present an updated renovation plan and a capital-funding update to the board on Jan. 25, 2025. Feasibility studies for the high schools (NAI and Nash) are ongoing; Mr. Chibola noted a 20-acre parcel on Spang Road in Marshall Township as a long-term option for capacity needs.
Board members praised the presentation and asked for follow-up data. Mr. McClure asked whether changes in parochial/private enrollment influenced recent district increases; Dr. Gibbs requested separation of retention outflows (students leaving) from inflows (new registrants) so the district can better understand movement. Yuko agreed to compile additional transfer and enrollment-source data for the board.
The board did not take action on the report; presenters said the January 2025 meeting will include updated renovation proposals and additional supporting materials.
