Parkside Discussion: Enrollment Capacity
Parkside Discussion:
Questions about Enrollment Capacity
This document is intended to answer questions that have arisen as we have begun a conversation about repurposing Parkside Elementary to an Early Childhood Center.
Elementary Building Enrollment and Capacity:
If we repurpose Parkside Elementary to an Early Childhood Center, would we have capacity for growth in the district?
Building | Current enrollment | Unused classrooms |
Belmont | 274 | 3 |
Cannonsburg | 265 | 0 |
Crestwood | 476 | 5 |
Edgerton Trails | 458 | 7 |
Lakes | 413 | 3 |
Meadow Ridge | 494 | 0 |
Roguewood | 582 | 0 |
Valley View | 340 | 7 |
Parkside is not included in this calculation as it would be repurposed as an Early Childhood Center. | ||
We have a total of 25 unused classrooms in the district at the elementary level.
If we added 23 per classroom we would have additional elementary capacity of 575 students.
With the additional capacity currently available in our elementary buildings we do not anticipate adding any portable classrooms to our district.
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