BY APRIL KELLEY
Eanes ISD elementary campus enrollment
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Cost per student
Valley View Elementary is the only campus of the six elementary schools in the district facing the issue of low enrollment, Arnett said. The other campuses have student populations for the 2023-24 school year between 500-600 students, according to district documents. Due to fixed facility and operational costs and the low enrollment number at Valley View Elementary, the cost-per-student expenditures are higher than any other campus within the district. The cost-per-student expenditures at Valley View Elementary are $11,862, whereas the next most expensive campus, Eanes Elementary, is $9,099 per student, according to district documents. Valley View Elementary parent Kim Allen said at the Oct. 6 meeting that making these decisions about the campus would benefit everyone. “It feels like we have an opportunity to fix something,” Allen said. “It would be beneficial to everyone, even 70% of voters and taxpayers who don’t have students in the district.”
EISD hopes to grow the campus by about 25% each year and estimates it would take four to six years to double the enrollment. Arnett said EISD is creating a long-range planning committee to discuss long-term solutions for the school that may include options the district had previously discussed. Those options may include: Converting Valley View into a magnet campus, with specialized curricula Converting the campus into an early childhood center
Students enrolled
Capacity
Barton Creek Elementary
536 621
$7,678
Bridge Point Elementary
617 805
$7,983
Cedar Creek Elementary 513
616
$8,835
Eanes Elementary
544 638
$9,099
Forest Trail Elementary 543 Valley View Elementary 279
660
$8,343
Converting the campus into a K-2 school, with grades 3-5 at
Forest Trail Elementary Redrawing elementary attendance boundaries
660
$11, 862
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SOURCE: EANES ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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