'Not seeing our enrollment come back up': Ridgefield schools face dwindling number of students
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East Ridge Middle School file photoMacklin Reid / Hearst Connecticut Media
RIDGEFIELD — Enrollment has been declining at Ridgefield Public Schools for several years, and data shows it is likely to continue through 2022.
The dropoff can be traced to 2015, when 5,052 children attended the schools. Since then, data from the state Department of Education shows the enrollment count has steadily declined each year, leaving 4,556 students in 2021.
This downward trend coincides with a decrease in public school enrollment at the state level. The Connecticut student body has dropped over the last five years, resulting in about 28,700 fewer children in schools statewide since 2015.