On Tuesday, May 20, 2025, the Whitehall school district will have the vote for next year’s school budget, a number of spending propositions and to elect members of the school board. It will be held from noon to 8:00 pm in the Large Group Instruction Room in the Jr.-Sr. High School. The district is proposing a $22.3 million budget for the 2025-2026 school year with a proposed 1.25% tax increase.
The school district has set up this beautiful page on their website with information for everyone: https://www.railroaders.net/Page/680
I have been reporting on the enrollment figures of the district for many years. I cannot find the school’s enrollment listed for the 2024-2025 school year. Last year (2023-2024), the Whitehall School District had 644 total students.
To put this number of 644 students into historical context, I have updated my yearly enrollment chart below:
| School Year | 04-05 | 05-06 | 06-07 | 07-08 | 08-09 | 09-10 | 10-11 | 11-12 | 12-13 | |
| Students | 885 | 860 | 858 | 845 | 815 | 779 | 753 | 742 | 755 | |
| School Year | 13-14 | 14-15 | 15-16 | 16-17 | 17-18 | 18-19 | 19-20 | 20-21 | 21-22 | 22-23 |
| Students | 757 | 736 | 736 | 758 | 708 | 699 | 719 | 693 | 731 | 655 |
| School Year | 23-24 | |||||||||
| Students | 644 |
The Whitehall school district has now reached the lowest enrollment since I have been tracking this.
Here is an equation to ponder. If you take next year’s proposed budget ($22.3 million) and divide by 644 students (the last enrollment figure I can find), the cost per student equals approximately $34,600 per student.