TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL SPACE REPORT - BoardDocs

The District’s enrollment grew by 88 students over the past year with eight of the
fifteen schools reporting an increase. It is important to note that two schools,
Van Wyck Junior High (minus -9) and Gayhead Elementary (minus -7), although
still operating above enrollment capacity, experienced a decline for the first time
in several years. Schools showing enrollment increases in descending order
are:
1. Orchard View - 12 students or 30.0%
2. Brinckerhoff - 29 students or 5.0%
3. Fishkill - 20 students or 4.4%
4. Wappingers Jr. High - 40 students or 4.2%
5. RCK - 70 students or 3.6%
6. Fishkill Plains - 23 students or 3.6%.
7. John Jay - 67 students or 3.4%
8. Vassar - 5 students or 0.1%
It is worthy to note that while the secondary schools collectively gained 185
students since last year, the 10 elementary schools overall lost 97 students.
Toward that end, the schools with the greatest enrollment decreases were
Myers Corners (- 92), Oak Grove ( -21), Evans (-21), Sheafe (-14), Kinry (-14).
Population Growth/Trends:
(For details see October 2005 Facts Enrollment Projection Report)
• Presently over 30 new housing developments have commenced or come
on line in the District.
• Growth is concentrated in the Fishkill/East Fishkill corridor.
• Average size households declined in the District (see Facts Report)
and the number of school age children per household declined, which
probably accounts for enrollment increase for the past decade
concentrated in the secondary schools.
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