Hopkins School Enrollment Dips Below 7,000 Students
The ongoing decline is likely a result of changing demographics and open enrollment trends.
Hopkins school district enrollment dropped below 7,000 students for the first time in recent years—likely the result of demographics and a narrowing open enrollment gap. The Oct. 1 fall seat count fell 2.1 percent this year—a 151-student decline from 7,105 students in the 2011-12 school year to 6,954 in 2012-13, according to numbers discussed at Thursday’s School Board meeting. Much of that loss comes because more students are graduating than entering the district. The district counted 116 more high school seniors than kindergarteners. Those numbers likely reflect a larger trend called “aging in place.” Couples who might have once left their homes for smaller residences when their children left are keeping their homes longer. That makes it…
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coach joe
10:54 am on Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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