October 9, 2012
A breakdown of the numbers – This information
was obtained from Carroll County Public Schools. An update on these figures and other data
will be presented at tomorrow evening’s Board of Education meeting.
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In 2005, CCPS total school system
enrollment was 28,194 FTE students. In
2011, the enrollment declined to 26,838.
In other words, the system lost a total of 1,356 students over a seven
year period.
The
breakdown in student enrollment over seven years is as follows:
·
Elementary schools gained 192 students;
·
Middle schools lost 741 students;
and
·
High schools lost a total of 815 students
Currently, the total student
enrollment compared to total building capacity across our system is 87%
utilization using 100% of total building capacity for students.
How many open seats exist?
·
Elementary schools have 1,721 seats
open across 23 schools,
·
Middle schools have 683 seats open
across 9 schools, and
·
High schools have 1,637 seats open
over 8 schools
Will this decline continue?
CCPS student enrollment projections
show that over the next five years we will continue to lose an average of 250
students a year. Enrollment projections show flat growth for a couple of years,
and then we begin to experience an increase in student enrollments of about 200
students a year for the rest of the cycle. Of course, all of these numbers
could change dramatically if the housing market rebounds and we begin to
experience a positive migration into the county.
How does student enrollment break
down to individual schools?
Currently, if you eliminate capacity
of the building that is dedicated for special education students and not available
for other programs:
·
Eight schools have student
enrollments that are over 100% of the building’s capacity,
·
Eleven schools have enrollments
between 90% and 100% of the school’s capacity,
·
Twelve schools have student
enrollments that are between 80% and 90% of their student capacity,
·
Six schools are between 70% and 80%
of total capacity, and
·
Three schools are less than 70% of
their total capacity
While school enrolment is not
balanced across our system, all schools are operating fine. If we performed a
system-wide redistricting, we would be moving students just to move them.
Below is just one example of costs
comparison…
Gerstell
Academy – Spring 2012
Kindergarten $ 15,000
1st – 6th
grades $ 15,860
7th – 8th
grades $ 16,500
9th – 12th
grades $ 17,000
These
figures do not include any special education or transportation cost.
Carroll
County Public Schools – 2011/2012 school year
Gross Budgeted per pupil (including
special education & transportation costs): $12,455
Per pupil (less special education
costs): $11,072
Per pupil (less transportation
costs): $10,350
