Overall, CSD’s student enrollment projections the past few years have been impressively accurate.  We continually owe a debt of gratitude to school staff and the enrollment committee for all their work in this area.  Looking at the latest, total CSD enrollment #s for the following year (see below), we are currently at 96% of the projection, just like we were in June of last year.

And while the estimated projection is very important for CSD to focus on, we all should also be keeping an eye on total enrollment vs. last year.

In that department, total enrollment growth thru June vs. last year is up (+227 students in ’15 vs. +170 students in ’14).  This increase is mainly due to larger classes in the lower grades taking the place of the smaller upper grade classes as they graduate from the system.

For the last 4 years, the size of the larger, younger classes has been remarkably consistent – hovering in the low to mid 400s.  CSD is racing to keep up with these steady, but large 400+ grades that are slowly moving up the grade ladder and replacing the 300-400 student class sizes from 5th – 10th grade and the remaining 200-300 s size classes in 11th and 12th grade.

As so many of the city’s most important discussions in 2015 revolve around student enrollment (school expansion, taxes, etc), this is a very important document to keep an eye on.