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EPISD reports 46,244 students in snapshot, projects ~800-student annual decline and outlines retention strategies
Summary
In an annual enrollment analysis presented March 3, EPISD reported a Snapshot total of 46,244 students, noted long-term birth-rate-driven declines and projected an average five-year decline of about 800 students per year; staff described recruitment efforts, military-focused outreach and a planned transfer policy to manage campus capacity.
El Paso Independent School District staff told trustees on March 3 that the district’s October snapshot count this year was about 46,244 students and that, using cohort-survival methods and recent birth-rate trends, the district expects an average decline of roughly 800 students per year over the next five years.
Presenter Miss Macias told the finance committee the district looks back 10–20 years to calculate cohort survival—tracking how many students in one grade move to the next—and that EPISD’s peak enrollment occurred around 2013–2014. “At Snapshot this year, we were about 46,244 students,” she said.
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