| By Bob Weaver
Calhoun Schools took a serious plunge in enrollment numbers during the 2012-13 year, dropping 54 students, preceded by a couple years of slight increases, mostly due to early childhood education.
This 2013-14 year, according to Superintendent of Schools Roger Propst, the enrollment numbers are up 11 from last year.
Calhoun Schools has lost about 625 students since the early 1990s.
The official current number will not be confirmed until October, a report that will show in what schools and grades enrollment declined, how many students transferred to other schools and how many are being home-schooled.
The decline of 54 students in 2012-13 meant a loss of about a half-million dollars, translated into a funding loss for teachers and service personnel.
Sparsely populated rural systems, particularly those without educational levies, continue to suffer with the state's long-time school funding formula, although a few slight adjustments have been made in recent years to the formula.
The biggest single loss for Calhoun Schools was in 2000-01 with -112.
Calhoun School Enrollment: Loss/Gain:
1991-1992 1700 +15
1992-1993 1689 -11
1993-1994 1705 +16
1994-1995 1671 -34
1995-1996 1633 -38
1996-1997 1589 -44
1997-1998 1558 -31
1998-1999 1476 -82
1999-2000 1430 -46
2000-2001 1318 -112
2001-2002 1289 -29
2002-2003 1283 -6
2003-2004 1216 -67
2004-2005 1187 -29
2005-2006 1180 -7
2006-2007 1153 -27
2007-2008 1151 -2
2008-2009 1126 -25
2009-2010 1104 -22
2010-2011 1,122 +18
2011-2012 1,137 +15
2012-2013 1,083 -54
2013-2014 1,072 +11
Enrollment By School 2013-14
Arnoldsburg Elementary 227
Pleasant Hill Elementary 230
Calhoun Middle High School 615
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