Georgetown Edition | December 2023

BY BROOKE SJOBERG

Rezoning on horizon for Georgetown ISD Georgetown ISD is preparing to rezone students in anticipation of San Gabriel Ele- mentary School and the new Benold Middle School opening in the fall of 2024. What's happening? During a Nov. 6 workshop, board members heard an initial presentation from district staff about jump-starting the process to create attendance zones for the two new schools coming online for the 2024-25 school year. Next steps Tentative timelines show final drafts of the rezoning maps are expected to be shared in the coming weeks, officials said, after campus committees have had a chance to weigh in.

Some district schools near, surpass capacity Seven Georgetown ISD campuses are at or near capacity, per a district demographics report released in October. What you need to know Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau in May showed Georgetown is the fastest-growing city in the country with a population of more than 50,000 residents—and that stretch is being felt at the campus level. According to the report from Temple- ton Demographics, Cooper, Mitchell, Williams and Wolf Ranch elementary schools; Tippit and Wagner middle schools; and East View High School have student populations that are at or near capacity. This comes as the district has reached what Superintendent Devin Padavil has described as a “critical” point of growth. The district began the 2023-24 school year with 600 more students than in the 2022-23 school year.

Campus capacity constraints

2022- 23

2023- 24 *

2024- 25 *

Campus

Capacity

Cooper Elementary

693

652 685 670

Mitchell Elementary

792

715 749 814

Williams Elementary

850 658 754 832

Wolf Ranch Elementary

850 847 1,017 1,344

Tippit Middle School

808 628 660 735

Wagner Middle School

950 936 1,081 1,018

East View High School

2,000 2,079 2,155 2,223

*PROJECTED SOURCE: GEORGETOWN ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT

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