Assistant Superintendent Tonya Phillips reports that total enrollment as of Sept. 20 was 1,965 students in the district. That’s up 20 from 2018.

With regards to full-time equivalent the number is 1,941, up 6.5 from 2018.

The adjusted FTE is up 13 to 1,980.8.

Phillips explained that if a student only attends school half-time, the student is counted as 0.5.

Adjusted FTE utilizes a three-year average of FTE, excluding 4-year-old at-risk, virtual school students or those enrolled the Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science. KAMS is a two-year early-entrance program at Fort Hays State University for accelerated high school juniors and seniors.