Enrollment Summary
GREATER LATROBE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Updated 2020-21
DISTRIBUTED APRIL 2021
ISSUED BY Department of Facilities, Operations & Planning
REPRESENTATIVE
Kurt R Thomas, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C Director of Facilities, Operations & Planning
BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS
Eric Hauser, President
Paul McCommons, Vice-President
Heidi Kozar
Steve LoCascio
Susan Mains
Merle Musick
William Palmer
Cathy Sarraf
Michael Zorch, M.D.
SCHOOL AUTHORITY
Carl Baumeister
Gene Leonard, Ed. D.
Keith Visconti
Barry Banker
Chuck Gray
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Georgia Teppert, Ed.D.
ADMINISTRATION
Michael Porembka - Assistant Superintendent
Daniel Watson - Business Administrator
Becki Pellis - Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology
Laurie Golobish - Director of Pupil Services
Eugene Joe - Student Support Services Coordinator
Mark Mears - Director of Athletics
Jillian Meloy - Director of Food Services
Jessica Golden - Director of Development and Center of Student Creativity
Introduction
The Facilities Department has conducted a preliminary enrollment projection summary that includes historical and current grade-level enrollment, capacity analysis and future projections. The main purpose of this preliminary study is to provide a tool to help the District decision-making in addressing the long-term facility needs of the District
Variables that Influence Future Enrollments
The typical six sources of current and projected school district enrollment are:
1. Live births within the school district and their eventual enrollment (PK-K) in the district
2. New household population with children who move to the district
3 New population that move to the district who are at child-bearing age and plan to begin a family
4. Enrollment of students from non-public schools or from homeschooling settings
5. District program and academic intervention changes that may increase the success of the school district in keeping enrollment to stay till graduation
6. Adjacent districts whose programs or academics may cause tuition students to attend Greater Latrobe School District
Building Capacity and Utilization
The capacity of a school building is not a fixed number. Depending on the number of rooms, the occupants (number of students per classroom), and scheduling factors will cause the capacity to vary.
Typical capacity and/or class size per total enrollments similar to Greater Latrobe School District are the following:
It is important to note that classroom sizes are not the same as the building or fire code occupant loads. These loads should not be misunderstood to determine the proper student per classroom capacities.
Building Capacities
In addition to calculating capacity based on existing classroom spaces, additional analysis of specialized classrooms (art, music, and physical education) and intervention spaces (Special Edu, EL, Title 1) need to be identified and will not necessarily fall within these typical class sizes.
Current Enrollment
Day three enrollments for the 2020-2021 school year:
3491 Total Students
Total Student Populations for the Elementary Schools are as follows:
Total Student Populations for the Secondary Schools are as follows:
Note: Junior High School was configured as a 7-9 grade level building when designed; the Senior High a 10-12. A majority of ninth-grade students take courses at Junior High School.
Utilization Rate
The utilization rate for each school site was determined by dividing enrollment by capacity. The preferred utilization rate, expressed as a percentage, falls between 80-percent and 95-percent.
Utilization by building for 2020-21 is summarized below. Acceptable utilization is marked in green; unacceptable utilization is marked in red. As portrayed, the District buildings do not currently fall into acceptable ranges.
This table presents that the capacities and utilization for each of the Elementary Schools can be considered outside the acceptable ranges. These buildings can increase population by approximately 10-to-25-percent to be within desired design capacities. Further, it can be determined that the Senior High School building footprint is not capable of a self-sustaining 9-12 configuration without significant increases in Classroom spaces.
Historical Enrollment
The enrollment data included in Chart 1 is for the Grade Band or level attendance for the years 2008-09 thru 2019-20. Chart 2 is Enrollment by Building for the same years.
An examination of the historical District-Wide Enrollment at the grade-band level reveals that enrollment has been relatively stagnant over the last 10-years. The slight increase has been led by enrollment at the K-6 grades at Baggaley and Latrobe Elementary.
The Pennsylvania Department of Education
The Pennsylvania Department of Education provides annual enrollment projections to assist School Districts to identify and proactively address issues related to anticipated enrollments. Projections are based on recent historic trends in births and trends in the progression of students from one grade to the next.
When using enrollment projections for planning purposes, it is important to be aware that the projection model uses only actual enrollments, births, and retention rates to formulate projections. Other factors which may exist in a particular school district, such as a significant change in new home building, may need to be considered in conjunction with the projections to most accurately estimate future enrollments.
The Chart above provides information on historical and projected enrollments on a statewide basis and by the Greater Latrobe School District. PDE reports are available on the following pages
1. Excludes students in full-time out-of-district special education, comprehensive AVTSs, charter schools, state-owned schools, consortium-operated alternative high schools, and juvenile correctional institutions.
2. Enrollment projections beyond five years are subject to errors in the lower grades resulting from inconsistencies between actual and projected live births and should be reviewed closely.
3. Four year old kindergarten students, if any, added to K enrollments.
4. Elementary and secondary ungraded students were distributed among the grades. Therefore, enrollments by grade may differ from those reported by the local education agencies.
1. Pennsylvania Information Management System (PIMS)
Notes: Sources:
2. Resident Live Birth file supplied by the Division of Health Statistics, Pennsylvania Department of Health. The Department of Health specifically disclaims responsibility for any analyses, interpretations or conclusions.