Enrollment at Trego School continues to rise, in defiance of the historical trend. For the last few decades, school enrollment has been fairly steadily dropping. How low did enrollment actually get? The lowest official ANB (Average Number Belonging -i.e. the official state count of students) that I can find is seven, in the spring of the 2018-2019 school year. Enrollment actually continued to decline after that date, but didn’t make the official state count which is used to determine the district’s funding.
The most recent data, using the spring and fall ANB count provided by the state looks like this:
| Time Period | Number of Students |
| Fall 2013 | 26 |
| Spring 2014 | 28 |
| Fall 2014 | 25 |
| Spring 2015 | 27 |
| Fall 2015 | 22 |
| Spring 2016 | 22 |
| Fall 2016 | 20 |
| Spring 2017 | 20 |
| Fall 2017 | 15 |
| Spring 2018 | 13 |
| Fall 2018 | 10 |
| Spring 2019 | 7 |
| Fall 2019 | 10 |
| Spring 2020 | 14 |
This data for this school year (2020-2021) isn’t available from the state yet, so the best way to find out about enrollment is to call the school and ask. Back in November, we reported the exciting news that enrollment was up to 23 students and we shared the following graph which incorporated that data.
This January, enrollment reached 26.
Now, enrollment is up from January’s 26, to a total of 31 students. A 35% increase from November of 2020. This fall, Trego school optimistically began with three teachers. Now, with 31 students the average class size is slightly over 10. The school has been working to improve its enrollment, and has seen an amazing turn around. Even if we use the lowest official ANB number (which is decidedly higher than the lowest number the school reached), the school has more than quadrupled enrollment in the past two years.
Well done, Trego School. Where will you go from here?
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