Elementary Education Building the elementary education budget begins each year with a review of projected enrollment by school and grade. For FY27, projected elementary enrollment is 4,644 students, representing a total decrease of 102 students from the current year. The FY27 budget includes 240 elementary classrooms, a reduction of 7 FTEs from FY26. Corresponding enrollment- based reductions of .4 FTE across Art, Music, Library, and Physical Education and .5 FTE in Literacy and Math Specialists are also included in this budget. The 0.9 reductions in these positions are held in reserve to address possible enrollment shifts over the summer. Despite budget constraints, this budget maintains favorable class size averages across the district in elementary schools. The overall average class size at the elementary level is projected to be approximately 19.4 students per class; in grades Kâ2, the projected average class size is 19.1; average class size in grades 3â5 is projected at 19.7 students. At this time, however, we are projecting ten classrooms at the upper limit of their grade span out of 240 elementary classrooms across the city.
Elementary Enrollment and Class Sizes
K-2 (Avg. Class Size)
3-5 (Avg. Class Size)
Total (Avg. Class Size)
Change from Prior Year
Elementary Enrollment
Year
2012-13
5,790
103
21.2
22.9
22.0
2013-14
5,799
9
20.9
21.6
21.2
2014-15
5,833
34
20.3
21.0
20.6
2015-16
5,785
(48)
20.4
20.6
20.5
2016-17
5,801
16
20.6
20.8
20.7
2017-18
5,824
23
20.7
21.3
21.0
2018-19
5,787
(37)
20.4
21.5
21.0
2019-20
5,626
(161)
20.5
21.0
20.8
2020-21
5,055
(571)
18.4
19.4
18.9
2021-22
5,041
(14)
18.5
19.9
19.2
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