CITY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT DOWN SLIGHTLY

THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN IOWA'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS DECLINED AGAIN THIS FALL.

STATE EDUCATION DIRECTOR JASON GLASS SAYS HIS AGENCY ORIGINALLY PREDICTED AN INCREASE IN STATE K THROUGH 12 ENROLLMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TEN YEARS:

BUT ALISON BENSON OF THE SIOUX CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS LOCAL ENROLLMENT WAS ACTUALLY DOWN HERE ALSO:

    
BENSON SAYS ENROLLMENT IS STILL HIGHER THAN A FEW YEARS AGO, THANKS TO A 150 STUDENT INCREASE TWO YEARS AGO.

IOWA CENSUS FIGURES SHOW 57% OF CHILDREN UNDER AGE FIVE LIVE IN THE 13 LARGEST COUNTIES.
 

(RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTED TO THIS REPORT)