Opinion ID: 1396313
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Heading: enrollments

Text: Presently there are 94 school districts in Wyoming which enroll 86,430 students as reported by the Fall Reports for the 1971-72 school year. The information provided in this report relates only to the 57 Unified School Districts which include programs for Kindergarten or First Grade through the Twelfth Grade. The total student enrollment of these 57 Unified districts is 80,354 which represents 93% of Wyoming's total student enrollment. Table I lists and ranks the student enrollments in the 57 Unified School Districts. The highest enrollment is reported by School District # 1 in Cheyenne (14,226) and the lowest enrollment is reported by School District # 5 in Rock River (89). Wyoming's population sparcity and the geographic features of the state contribute to the imbalance reflected in school district enrollment. It may be interesting to note that only 19 Unified School Districts have enrollments exceeding 1,200 students. A National report written by Dr. James Conant during the 1960's recommended that each graduating class of a school district should be at least 100 students. A more recent study (1971) entitled the National Educational Finance Project recommends that an Administrative Unit serve not less than 1,800 students in daily attendance.