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District data show most student withdrawals are due to families moving; private-school enrollment surveys show modest shifts

Mercer Island School District Board of Education · December 12, 2025
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Student-records staff reported recent withdrawal trends: about 203 students withdrew in a recent period, with roughly 59% listed as moving out of the district, about 15% to private schools and the remainder unknown or alternate schooling. A family exit survey and a private-school enrollment survey were summarized for board review.

The district’s student-records team presented withdrawal and new-enrollment data and summarised results from exit surveys and a private-school outreach.

Between Feb. 1 and Sept. 5 (period cited by staff), 203 students withdrew; about 59% of those withdrawals were classified as families who moved out of the district. Roughly 15% of withdrawn students…

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