Proposals could fuel enrollment spike in G.N.

BY ROBERT PELAEZ

Proposed multi-family dwelling units could fuel an increase of more than 300 students in the Great Neck School District over the next decade, according to a presentation made during a Wednesday night school board meeting.

District enrollment figures reported 6,608 students in the nine schools for the 2022-23 school year, a figure projected to increase to 6,976 in 2032, according to the analysis.

Urbanomics, an urban planning consultancy, was tasked with finding out how proposed and future real estate projects would impact the school district.

The analysis took into account district enrollment since 2014-15, births per school district, retention rates per grade and eight projects that are either planned, proposed