Attendance increases as enrollment mounts. Classes will have only a portion of the enrollment present on any given Sunday. Consequently, attendance will fluctuate according to enrollment. Many Sunday School classes fluctuate between 40 and 50 percent in average attendance. Increased enrollment results in higher attendance, usually in about the same percentage the Sunday School already maintains between those present and those absent.
Examples sometimes speak louder than statistics.
Here are the successful results of starting two Adult classes that one church had. Two classes had an approximate enrollment of forty each. This step was not taken at the beginning of a new Sunday School year, but in February. The first Sunday the new class met, twelve attended. Six months later two new members had been enrolled, and the average attendance was sixteen.