Though down from 2022, public school enrollment is up over the past decade
Kindergarteners work on craft projects in Jo Kowalka's classroom at West Valley School on Tuesday, Dec. 12. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Students work on a math worksheet in Mandy Briney's first-grade classroom at West Valley School on Tuesday, Dec. 12. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Students work on laptops in Haylee Blanchard's second-grade STEM classroom at West Valley School on Tuesday, Dec. 12. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
Public schools in Flathead County overall saw a negligible -1% decrease in enrollment compared to 2022 with a total enrollment of 15,173 kindergarten through 12-graders.
The decreases largely occurred at the K-8 level. Most public high schools in the valley experienced enrollment increases.
But a look at enrollment over the past decade shows that all public schools have undergone a 10% increase, which translates to an additional 1,387 students across grade levels.
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