The Greene County School District recently announced its certified enrollment.

Superintendent Brett Abbotts says the total certified enrollment for the current school year saw a decline of 23 students compared to the previous year with an increase of 17 students. He explains some of the reasons why there was a larger decrease in student enrollment.

“We’ve found that there are several students that are taking advantage of virtual options that exist, through a number of different virtual academies across the state. But, by in large, all of our numbers between our open enrollment in or out, compared to the other surrounding districts that students go to remain relatively the same.”

Abbotts shares that the total enrollment means how much funding from the state the district will receive next school year, as funding is always one year behind the current academic year. He describes how he and the business manager financially plan before the start of the next fiscal year and before the certified enrollment report is conducted on October 1st.

“We’re keeping our spending on track and we always anticipate that we’re going to have a loss in enrollment. We never assume that we’re going to have an increase in enrollment, we never even assume that we’re going to get an increase in State Supplemental Aid (SSA). We always try to assume ‘worst case scenario’ so that if and when we do have something that happens like this that we’re prepared for it.”  

Additionally, Abbotts points out that there were 102 students who open enrolled out of the district, compared to 88 a year ago. He notes that there is also the biggest number of students that are enrolled in the district-provided homeschool program with 27 and only five students were approved to utilize the Education Savings Account, which allows parents to enroll their child into any education institution or program. Abbotts adds the total certified enrollment for the 2025-26 school year is 1,176 students.