Wednesday, March 14, 2007

The effects of open enrollment

Pelican Rapids enrollment 1087 (-142)
Students from other districts who attend school in this district: 23
Students from this district who attend school in another district: 165

Lake Park-Audubon enrollment 639 (-101)
Students from other districts who attend school in this district:46
Students from this district who attend school in another district: 147

Fergus Falls enrollment 2689 (-73)
Students from other districts who attend school in this district: 121
Students from this district who attend school in another district: 194


Perham enrollment 1574 (-37)
Students from other districts who attend school in this district: 86
Students from this district who attend school in another district: 123

Barnesville enrollment 781 (-25)
Students from other districts who attend school in this district: 32
Students from this district who attend school in another district: 57


Frazee enrollment 1140 (-22)

Students from other districts who attend school in this district: 137
Students from this district who attend school in another district: 159


Rothsay enrollment 221 (+37)
Students from other districts who attend school in this district: 56
Students from this district who attend school in another district: 19

Detroit Lakes enrollment 2596 (+68)
Students from other districts who attend school in this district: 207
Students from this district who attend school in another district: 139

Hawley enrollment 899 (+86)
Students from other districts who attend school in this district: 125
Students from this district who attend school in another district: 39

Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton enrollment 1343 (+100)
Students from other districts who attend school in this district: 213
Students from this district who attend school in another district: 113

Underwood enrollment 489 (+117)
Students from other districts who attend school in this district: 161
Students from this district who attend school in another district: 44


Source: Minnesota Department of Education School Report Card 2005-2006 Data
Schools which border Pelican Rapids School District are in bold type

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Open enrollment can be a excellent program to encourage schools to perform at their best. Pelican Rapids is no different. Rather than take the position of look how bad open enrollment is and what it is causing to our school district, lets ask why and how can we improve our schools so that others want to send their children here. Lets be honest are our schools all they can be?

Anonymous said...

Well said. A survey of why families choose to open enroll out of the district would be beneficial for the board for planning.

Anonymous said...

If you look at the top 3 losers, look at how the voting residents view schools when they try to move into the times with facilities.

Anonymous said...

The only problem with a survey is the honesty issue. People are not going to admit to readily that the reason they are not sending their kid to Pelican Rapids' schools is because of the ethnic diversity.

Instead, they will list some other reason that will put their mind at ease for chosing to fear what they do not understand.