{"id":7478,"date":"2025-05-18T06:30:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T11:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/?p=7478"},"modified":"2025-05-18T06:30:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T11:30:14","slug":"school-district-enrollment-tuesdays-school-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/archives\/7478","title":{"rendered":"School District Enrollment & Tuesday’s School Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

The school district has set up this beautiful page on their website with information for everyone: https:\/\/www.railroaders.net\/Page\/680<\/a><\/p>\n

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.<\/a><\/p>\n

To put this number of 644 students into historical context, I have updated my yearly enrollment chart below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
School Year<\/strong><\/td>\n 04-05<\/strong><\/td>\n 05-06<\/strong><\/td>\n 06-07<\/strong><\/td>\n 07-08<\/strong><\/td>\n 08-09<\/strong><\/td>\n 09-10<\/strong><\/td>\n 10-11<\/strong><\/td>\n 11-12<\/strong><\/td>\n 12-13<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Students<\/strong><\/td>\n 885<\/td>\n 860<\/td>\n 858<\/td>\n 845<\/td>\n 815<\/td>\n 779<\/td>\n 753<\/td>\n 742<\/td>\n 755<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
School Year<\/strong><\/td>\n13-14<\/strong><\/td>\n14-15<\/strong><\/td>\n15-16<\/strong><\/td>\n16-17<\/strong><\/td>\n17-18<\/strong><\/td>\n18-19<\/strong><\/td>\n19-20<\/strong><\/td>\n20-21<\/strong><\/td>\n21-22<\/strong><\/td>\n22-23<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Students<\/strong><\/td>\n 757<\/td>\n 736<\/td>\n 736<\/td>\n 758<\/td>\n 708<\/td>\n 699<\/td>\n 719<\/td>\n 693<\/td>\n 731<\/td>\n 655<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
School Year<\/strong><\/td>\n23-24<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n <\/strong><\/td>\n <\/strong><\/td>\n <\/strong><\/td>\n <\/strong><\/td>\n <\/strong><\/td>\n <\/strong><\/td>\n <\/strong><\/td>\n <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Students<\/strong><\/td>\n 644<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The Whitehall school district has now reached the lowest enrollment since I have been tracking this. <\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 … <\/p>\n

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