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Rockport committee spotlights enrollment trends and school-choice seats
Summary
Leadership presented a Jan. 23 enrollment snapshot of 629 in-district students (649 total including 20 out-of-district placements) and said about 23% of the district consists of choice students; the committee asked for a deeper March discussion of school-choice recommendations and capacity caps.
Dr. Branco presented the district's enrollment data and school-choice figures during the FY27 budget hearing. She said the district had 629 students in-district as of Jan. 23 and 20 out-of-district placements, for 649 students for whom the district is responsible.
She noted that about 23% of students are school-choice students, with a majority coming from Gloucester and smaller numbers from Beverly, Ipswich, Lynn, Manchester and Peabody. Committee members asked for clarification on how choice seats are allocated and capped; Dr. Branco said the leadership team will bring a formal school-choice recommendation to the March meeting. "So interestingly, on March's agenda will be a discussion around next year's recommendation from the leadership team for school choice," she said.
The enrollment discussion included capacity notes ("bubble years" such as 8th grade) and examples of how class-size targets inform open seats. Committee members asked the leadership to provide additional detail on choice caps and capacity planning at the next meeting.
