A general decline in population in Clinton County is cited as a contributing factor to a decline in enrollment in a couple of area schools.
Superintendent Tom Parker said he believes the declining population is impacting the school.
Parker reported to the Camanche School Board the official enrollment will be down 45 from last year. Parker says the number reflects a drop of 21 students in the open enrollment in category and 24 from resident students. The total students served this year is 1,028.
Northeast School Superintendent Neil Gray says the enrollment is down in the Goose Lake based district.
Gray says the students served in the district are about 803, but that is down 36 from last year.
Gray said the number reflects a decline of resident students by 8 to 516 and a drop of in open enrolled ‘in’ students by just over 30.
Both Superintendents say they believe the decline is a factor of fewer kids living in the county.
The total number of students at the Central DeWitt School District is up 5 students.
There was a slight increase in open enrolled students coming into the district with 117 open enrolled in students. That was up 7 students. The number leaving the DeWitt based district to other schools was 77 and that was up five. The gain of students add to the 1387 resident students increase the number served to 1,506 and that is up from 1,501 last year
Clinton School Superintendent Gary DeLacy reported to the board earlier that the enrollment had also declined by about 26 to about 3,426 students served after factoring open enrollment and other factors.
The school leader say the enrollment will impact budgets for next year, but the exact impact can’t be determined until the legislature determines school funding.
