(La Porte, IN) - Enrollment is down again in the La Porte School Corporation.

 

The number of students is 112 less than the previous year at this point, said Superintendent Dr. Sandra Wood.  There’s been a gradual decline in the number of students here over roughly the past decade.

 

Wood said much of the drop this year was from losing a large senior class to graduation.

 

“We expected a larger than usual decrease in enrollment this year just because of that large class that graduated last year,” she said.

 

On the bright side, Wood said the number of students in grades 5 through 8 at the Kesling school campus increased from 827 to 851.

 

Other school districts throughout the area and nationwide are experiencing challenges with maintaining enrollment largely from lower birth rates.