Set for Oriole Park this Friday at 6 p.m. the Stanley-Boyd High School Class of 2023 will say goodbye to their grade school years. Meanwhile, the question looms: what of the future at Stanley-Boyd, in enrollment terms?

Commissioning a study from the Applied Population Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin Madison in part. hoping to get a look at the potential impact of increased multifamily dwellings in the area on future student enrollment, Stanley-Boyd Area Schools now has a look into the future, the study was commissioned to look at trends from 2012-2021 in order to form a basis for projections.

Among the highlights and takeaways, are the following:

Consistent enrollment over the last five years of the study from 2016 - 2021, with a change of just nine students total, from 1,084 to 1,093.

Better than average birthrates locally when compared with the statewide average from 2015 through 2021.

Fluctuating but steady enrollment in 4K-12 grade projected over the next five years, ranging from 1,021 to 1,082 students, six percent lower than at present.

A slight decrease in 5K through fifth grade totals come 2027 and 2028, with 436 to 472 for the years 2016 - 2021 to turn into 427 to 461 in five years’ time.

Decreasing but relative steady middle school enrollment, with figures set to drop from cohort sizes of 244 to 268 between 2016 - 2021 down to a cohort range of 228 to 236 middle school students in 2027/28

A rise in high school enrollment, from cohort sizes of 289 to 337 in the recent past to 303 to 324 by 2027/28.

Left largely unaddressed in the study was the effect of multifamily dwellings on enrollment, as SC Swiderski and others came after the study period, leaving unaddressed the exact impact of such developments on enrollment.

In the meantime, enrollment has been steady, and is projected to remain so.