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LRSD presents enrollment overhaul and one-stop applications; applicants up about 18%

LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT · January 10, 2026
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Summary

District staff told the board it revised capacity calculations to account for staffing, consolidated application steps for Forest Heights and Parkview into the district system, rolled current students forward, and reported a roughly 18% increase in applicants (4,532 vs about 3,776 last year).

District enrollment staff presented a series of operational changes intended to simplify registration and improve staffing alignment.

Student-registration director (Speaker 7) told the board the district revised capacity counts in CIS to reflect staff (teachers) rather than building classroom capacity: "Previously in CIS our capacity numbers were based on the capacity of the building...we revised our capacity numbers in CIS," Speaker 7 said, adding that the change helps match seat counts with available teachers.

Speaker 7 described…

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