Howard High enrollment highest in county
High School in Ellicott City remains the county’s most populated school, according to official enrollment numbers for the 2019-2020 academic year.
More than 1,900 Howard High students were counted for attendance on the last Friday in September. Nearby, Long Reach in Columbia and Mount Hebron in Ellicott City produced the next-largest student populations with both a few short of1,700 students.
Yearly, Howard schools official enrollment date is Sept. 30. However, schools were closed this past Sept. 30 because of Rosh Hashanah, so the official enrollment date sent to the state education department was Sept. 27.
The system’s target capacity for its 77 schools is 90% to 110% capacity. In November, the school board approved a redistricting plan to move more than 5,400 students to different schools in an effort to balance socioeconomic levels and school capacity.
“I think we missed our chance to actually help Howard [High] by not redistricting in the past” school board Vice Chairwoman Vicky Cutroneo said during the process.
Official Howard schools enrollment numbers span from kindergarten through grade 12. Elementary schools with preschool programs do not count those students in the official count. Fulton Elementary had 1,021 students accounted for Sept. 27, with fellow elementary schools Veterans, Waverly and Pointers Run closely following in the upper 800s. At the other end, with 387 students, Stevens Forest’s population is the smallest, with West Friendship, Jeffers Hill and Longfellow all under 425 students.
At the middle school level, Ellicott Mills has the greatest population with 909 students, while Harper’s Choice and Oakland Mills are right under 500 students total.
High school Sept. 27 enrollment ¦ Atholton: 1,460 students ¦ Centennial: 1,597 students See ENROLLMENT, page 5
More than 1,900 Howard High students were counted for attendance on the last Friday in September. Nearby, Long Reach in Columbia and Mount Hebron in Ellicott City produced the next-largest student populations with both a few short of1,700 students.
Yearly, Howard schools official enrollment date is Sept. 30. However, schools were closed this past Sept. 30 because of Rosh Hashanah, so the official enrollment date sent to the state education department was Sept. 27.
The system’s target capacity for its 77 schools is 90% to 110% capacity. In November, the school board approved a redistricting plan to move more than 5,400 students to different schools in an effort to balance socioeconomic levels and school capacity.
“I think we missed our chance to actually help Howard [High] by not redistricting in the past” school board Vice Chairwoman Vicky Cutroneo said during the process.
Official Howard schools enrollment numbers span from kindergarten through grade 12. Elementary schools with preschool programs do not count those students in the official count. Fulton Elementary had 1,021 students accounted for Sept. 27, with fellow elementary schools Veterans, Waverly and Pointers Run closely following in the upper 800s. At the other end, with 387 students, Stevens Forest’s population is the smallest, with West Friendship, Jeffers Hill and Longfellow all under 425 students.
At the middle school level, Ellicott Mills has the greatest population with 909 students, while Harper’s Choice and Oakland Mills are right under 500 students total.
High school Sept. 27 enrollment ¦ Atholton: 1,460 students ¦ Centennial: 1,597 students See ENROLLMENT, page 5
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