Enrollment Impacts on Staffing
The table below shows all staffing shifts from FY25 to FY26 that is solely attributable to enrollment shifts, broken down by education level.
FY26 Projected Enrollment Change
Responsibility Center
FY'26 FTE Impact
FY26 Salary Cost/(Savings)
Description
Elementary Art Teachers Elementary Music Teachers Elementary PE Teachers Elementary Teachers Salaries
-0.20 -0.20 -0.30 -6.00 2.00 -0.20 -4.90 2.00 -2.00 -2.00
-$6,875 -$15,945 -$5,408
Elementary
-$333,623 $162,600
Reserve Teachers
Elementary Library Teachers
-$9,154
Elementary Total
-42.00 25.00 -17.00 -12.00
-$208,405 $169,652 -$149,867 -$128,021
Bigelow Team Teachers Brown Team Teachers
Secondary
Day Team Teachers
Secondary Total
-4.00
-2.00
-$108,236
Grand Total
-46.00
-6.90
-$316,641
Elementary Education For FY26, projected elementary enrollment is 4,767 students, representing a total decrease of 42 students from the current year; while 9 of the 15 schools have projected enrollment decreases, only 4 are projected to decline by more than 10 students from this year. Of the 6 schools with projected enrollment increases, only 1 (Lincoln-Eliot) is projected to increase by more than 10 students. The FY26 budget includes 243 elementary classrooms, with an additional 2 FTE classroom teachers in reserve (for a total of 246 classroom teachers, a decline of 10 FTE from FY25). Given our tight budget constraints, the number of elementary classrooms maintains favorable class size averages across the district, while also necessitating more sections at the upper limits of typical/targeted enrollment for the grade level in the year ahead.
Secondary Education
The FY26 budget adjusts staffing patterns at the middle and high school levels in response to enrollment changes across schools. Overall, middle school enrollment is projected to decrease by 25 students next year; Bigelow is projected to increase by 25 students, while the other 3 schools are projected to decrease. High School enrollment is projected to decline by 31 students in FY26. Significant additional FTEs were added last year to ensure access to math, science and engineering courses that have been overcrowded due to recent budget cuts, and staffing is balanced across the two high schools to match enrollment. We have not, however,
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