USD 418 OPENING DAY HEAD COUNT!!

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At the McPherson USD 418 Board of Education Meeting held on Monday, August 26, Superintendent Gordon Mohn presented the Board with the first-day head counts for all levels and all schools within USD 418.

Among the big changes in the 2019 head count compared to the 2018 head count was a change of plus-15 students at Lincoln Elementary, while Eisenhower Elementary showed an overall loss of 25 students, and Roosevelt Elementary had a loss of 12 students,

McPherson Middle School gained 29 students while the Senior High School only lost one student by the count.

Overall, USD 418 had a total count of plus 8 students, with the 10th grade level showing the largest increase of plus-30 students while the level of 4th grade showed a loss of 28 students.

2019-20

Elementary Schools:

Kindergarten: Eisenhower – 47, Lincoln 49, Roosevelt – 47, Washington – 47 for 190 total.

1st Grade: Eisenhower – 44, Lincoln – 49, Roosevelt – 43, Washington – 49 for 185 total.

2nd Grade: Eisenhower – 36, Lincoln – 50, Roosevelt – 43, Washington – 42 for 171 total.

3rd Grade: Eisenhower – 41, Lincoln – 45, Roosevelt – 31, Washington – 44 for 161 total.

4thGrade: Eisenhower – 32, Lincoln – 43, Roosevelt – 32, Washington – 47 for 154 total.

5th Grade: Eisenhower – 41, Lincoln – 48, Roosevelt – 47, Washington – 41 for 177 total.

Total: Eisenhower 241, Lincoln – 284, Roosevelt – 243, Washington – 270 for 1,038 total.

Middle School:

6th Grade: 190

7th Grade: 205

8th Grade: 186

Total: 581

Senior High School:

9th Grade: 180

10th Grade: 201

11th Grade: 170

12th Grade: 199

Total: 750

Total of all levels is 2,369 students!!

Changes from 2018-19 to 2019-20:

Eisenhower: K (+2), 1st Grade (0), 2nd Grade (-9), 3rd Grade (+3), 4th Grade (-21), 5th Grade (0) = Total change was -25!!

Lincoln: K (+2), 1st Grade (-1), 2nd Grade (+5), 3rd Grade (+3), 4th Grade (-2), 5th Grade (+8) = Total change was +15!!

Roosevelt: K (0), 1st Grade (+1), 2nd Grade (+12), 3rd Grade (-4), 4th Grade (-14), 5th Grade (-7) = Total change was -12!!

Washington: K (+5), 1st Grade (+1), 2nd Grade (-1), 3rd Grade (-5), 4th Grade (+9), 5th Grade (-7) = Total change was +2!!

Middle School: 6th Grade (-7), 7th Grade (+19), 8th Grade (+17) = Total change was +29!!

Senior High School: 9th Grade (-19), 10th Grade (+30), 11th Grade (-12), 12th Grade (0) = Total change was -1!!

District Total Changes from 2018/19 to 2019/20:

Kindergarten: Change of +9

1st Grade: Change of +1

2nd Grade: Change of +7

3rd Grade: Change of -3

4th Grade: Change of -28

5th Grade: Change of -6

6th Grade: Change of -7

7th Grade: Change of +19

8th Grade: Change of +17

9th Grade: Change of -19

10th Grade: +30

11th Grade: -12

12th Grade: 0

Total Change of + 8