CLINTONVILLE – According to the third Friday count, the number of fulltime students attending the Clintonville School District fell from 1,126 for the 2025-26 school year to 1,059 for the 2026-27 school year.
The enrollment numbers were shared with the Clintonville Board of Education when it met Oct. 12. The district has 63 students open enrolled into the district. The district also has 197 students open enrolled out of the district, with 149 of them open enrolled to neighboring districts and 48 students open enrolled to various virtual charter schools.
When presenting the district’s 2026-27 enrollment report to the board, Clintonville Superintendent Troy Kuhn told the board that the report is “concerning” because district’s student “enrollment has dropped significantly.”
“There’s possible some factors that, again, I won’t discuss publicly, that was out of my control,” Kuhn said about the reduction in the number of students. “But yet at the same time we are digging in (to the data), I know that some of the factors are our home schooling.”
Board member Christopher Hoffmann asked what impact the enrollment decline would have on state aid the district would receive.
Jessica Holtz, director of Finance from CESA 8, said the district would be receiving an exemption toward declining enrollment on the district’s revenue limit.
Board Vice President Kris Strauman said the district has to find out the reasons students are leaving the district in order to determine if it is something the district is doing.
Hoffmann asked if a reason is given when a student open enrolls out of the district.
Kuhn said a reason is given when students open enroll in or out of the district.
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