Rochester Public Schools records first enrollment increase since 2021

Rochester Public Schools records first enrollment increase since 2021

ROCHESTER — Rochester Public Schools has recorded its first increase in enrollment since 2021, surpassing the number of students it had predicted for the year by more than 460. Minnesota school districts use Oct. 1 as a benchmark of their enrollment for the year. Per that snapshot, RPS has a total student count of 17,441, which is 118 more than the 17,323 that was recorded at the same time last year. “It’s encouraging,” RPS Superintendent Kent P…