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Show Alpine enrollments I show increase in 82 Public school enrollment in the 8 Alpine School District showed an increase over last year's enrollment . according to statistics released this . week. This fall's total enrollment " figure stands at 29,843, up from last ': year's 28,463. 7 "The five percent increase is ac- ; tually a little lower than the increase " might have been," says Laurnell Anderson, Statistical Report Clerk. "Because of the new change in the entrance dates for kindergarten ' students, 300 or so students had to wait until next year to enter school. This would have brought the figure over the 30,000 mark." t The 1982 figure of close to 30,000 compares to a 1972 enrollment of .; 18,714, a 59 percent rise for the decade. The fall attendance report also . ' broke the total figure into grade level ; statistics: There are 18,263 elementary students in the district; 5,934 junior high students; 5,001 at the senior high level; 523 special '. education students; 18 students being taught at home; and 104 students on I-- special assignment. l According to the report, Bonneville School in Orem boasts the largest elementary enrollment in the district with 879 students; Northridge Elementary in Orem is second with 866, while Windsor, also in Orem, is third at 810. At the other end of the scale, Cedar Valley Elementary has the lowest student enrollment with 61 students. Next lowest is Orem's Spencer School which has 248 pupils, the Peterson special education facility serves 109 students. American Fork Junior High School has the largest junior high enrollment with 1,373 students. However, three of the other four junior high schools in the district do not include ninth grade students in their enrollments. The largest high school in the district is Orem with 1,794 students. This figure includes the ninth grade, though. Lehi High School has the lowest senior high enrollment with 706 pupils. The average daily attendance figures for the three levels are similar. At the elementary level, 97.16 of the students have been in attendance at-tendance on any given day; the percentage at the junior high level for this fall is 96.25; while 97.57 percent of the senior high students have been in attendance. |