Education
BY HALEY VELASCO
New report shows CCISD enrollment to continue declining
Enrollment at Clear Creek ISD has declined by over 1% since the 2023-24 school year, and the trend is expected to continue, according to a report from demographic firm Zonda Education. Despite the decline, officials expect more res- idential growth within the district’s boundaries in the coming years. However, officials said data suggests that growth won’t reverse the district’s declining student population. The overview CCISD currently has around 39,700 students enrolled. Enrollment forecasts project that figure will decline by nearly 3,900 students by 2034, according to Zonda. CCISD has 27 actively building subdivisions, and 21 future subdivisions in various stages of planning, most of which are on the southwest side of the district near Campbell Elementary and Gilmore Elementary, according to Zonda.
Clear Creek ISD's 10-year enrollment forecast
45,000
Projected enrollment
Enrollment
40,000
40,737 40,827
39,693
38,840
35,000
37,779
37,054
36,396 35,839
0
2026-27
2028-29 2030-31
2032-33
2034-35
2020-21
2022-23
2024-25
SOURCE: ZONDA EDUCATION/COMMUNITY IMPACT
Meanwhile, other parts of the district that are built out are owned by families that are often older and no longer have children attending the district, Polsen said. Those families, in many instances, are staying put. “We span 110 square miles, so some of those neighborhoods in the areas that are not growing, those are just areas that are aging and there’s just not a lot of new younger families in those neighborhoods,” Polsen said.
Diving in deeper While the number of homes within the district is increasing, officials don’t believe it will trans- late to more students attending CCISD. The reason for this is in part because younger families with children are not the ones buying those homes, CCISD’s Executive Director of Communications Elaina Polsen said. The rising cost point of homes in the area are in many cases not something younger families can afford.
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