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Consultant projects moderate long-term enrollment decline despite planned housing growth
Summary
A consultant told the Fort Atkinson board on Nov. 20 that the district has lost about 580 students over the last decade and projects a further decline of about 230 students by 2040, even as roughly 1,400 new housing units are forecast in the district over 15 years.
Mark Rofters of MD Rofters Consulting presented an enrollment and community-change study to the board on Nov. 20, outlining recent declines and multi‑decade projections for housing and student counts.
Rofters said the district lost roughly 580 students over the past decade, driven primarily by a fall in births (from about 264 in 2004 to 156 in 2024), limited housing development and modest open‑enrollment and…
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