District enrollment dips; board OKs hiring RSP for boundary study and projections

Nov 10, 2025

Superintendent and enrollment director reported a 185-student decline for 2025–26, with kindergarten down and roughly 71 students out-migrating; the board moved to extend RSP & Associates for three-year projections and a districtwide boundary study costing $10,000 plus optional $5,000 community events.

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Gardner Edgerton USD 231 officials told the school board on Nov. 10 that the district’s 2025–26 headcount is down 185 students and outlined plans to contract an outside firm to produce updated enrollment projections and a comprehensive boundary study.

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