| Show School Enrollment Reaches 34 The educational program is I well on its way for another year in the Davis County School District and the predicted enrollment of students has has been reached according to supt of Schools Bernell Wrigley THE FIGURES are now available of the distribution of this school population Grade school a enrollments are kindergarten 2516 first 2549 second 2694 third 2832 fourth 2741 fifth 2691 sixth 2442 special 22 IN THE Secondary schools enrollment is Sev Seventh Ath th 2639 eighth 2536 ninth 2557 tenth 2472 eleventh eleventh eleventh elev elev- 2191 twelfth 2032 and special 99 students IN THE high school enrollment enrollment enrollment enroll enroll- ment Viewmont is first with 1789 students Clearfield is second with 1667 students Bountiful is third with 1376 students Layton High is fourth with 1070 students and Davis is fourth with 1063 There was some sl shifting of school population in certain areas Kindergarten enrollment enrollment enrollment enroll enroll- ment is not down as much as was expected Hilltop and Layton Elementary are slightly down from last year Classes at Clearfield and Doxey Doxey Doxey Dox- Dox ey Elementary school are down due to the closing of the Anchorage Housing centerI cen cen- terI ter j THE TilE BOUNTIFUL and southern southern southern south south- ern area of Davis County had hada a slight increase Supt Wrigley explained that enrollment figures vary from three to four our percent on the days reports reports reports re re- re- re ports are made due to some being absent from school How does this year compare with past years Here are some figures GOING BACK to 1930 only four decades ago the school population was This population population population pop pop- did not change in 1940 In 1950 it was in 1960 it iti i was and in 1970 a population population lation of A population figure in 1914 shows It would be safe I Ito to say with no available statistics statistics sta sta- sta- sta i I tics to go by that back in inthe inthe the early part of the century I the entire Davis County school I I population would be less Jess than the enrollment of this year I I at viewmont 01 ui Tiny IN THE approximately I 12 school buildings and 90 teachers handled the educational educational educational i needs This is a far different figure I from today Now there are I 2300 professional and other j school personnel in 51 school buildings educating of Davis County's best crop to meet the world demands of tomorrow It is a Davis County financial educational institution institution institution tion worth IT IS ALSO interesting to note that the school population population population tion is 34 33 percent of the Davis County population of that 23 percent are employed with the school program that I parents make up most of the balance of the residents of 66 percent j |
