At its next meeting (agenda: https://goo.gl/tEoKpA) the Monrovia Board of Education will ...
~ Consider a report showing average daily attendance at the district is 5,181 for the 2018-19 school year. There is no comparison from previous years in the staff report: https://goo.gl/nGbZTK
~ Receive a report (https://goo.gl/NqWzNw) indicating that, "District enrollment decreased 2.14% this year compared to last year, and has decreased 7.78% since the 2014-15 school year, its lowest level since at least 1992. District enrollment peaked at 6,762 in 1999."
Elementary enrollment decline 3.99% this year, and 6.86% since 2014-15, however Plymouth increased .22% this year and 7.64% since 2014-15, mainly due to the Mandarin dual Immersion program. Monroe has also increased, 3.36% since 2014-15 because of the Spanish Dual Immersion program.
Middle school enrollment increased 1.9% due to a slightly larger class moving into sixth grade, but has declined 3.67% since 2014-15. High school enrollment is down 2.84% since last year.
- Brad Haugaard
Is there info available about the change in the numbers of school-age children in the city population from 2000 to now? I imagine rising property values are making it hard for newlyweds and young families to buy or rent in Monrovia and that is why our school numbers are dropping.
ReplyDeleteI don't have that information, but I agree with your assessment. I'd guess schools to the east are probably doing better since housing there is more affordable.
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