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Ogden School District projects steady enrollment decline, uses data to guide boundary and bond planning
Summary
Superintendent Rasmussen told a joint Ogden City Council–school board session that resident enrollment has fallen below 10,000 and is projected to decline to roughly 8,000–8,500 over the next decade, driving discussions about school utilization, junior high facility needs and timing for a potential bond in 2027–28.
Superintendent Rasmussen said Ogden School District has dropped below 10,000 students and expects resident enrollment to fall to roughly 8,000–8,500 over the next 10 years, citing an independent demographic study the district updates annually. “We just dropped below 10,000 for the first time,” Rasmussen said, and added the district plans to rely on the firm’s spatial and tabular analysis for decisions about boundaries, surplus property and future bonds.
The presentation outlined the study’s methodology — birth rates, mobility, housing yields and planned…
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