USD 428 Superintendent Khris Thexton stated he had a bad feeling that enrollment numbers in the Great Bend school district were going to be down significantly this year, but it turns out the total 2018-2019 district enrollment was down just eight students from the previous year’s count.

The enrollment number submitted to the state this year was 2,856.

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The official enrollment number to the state has to be done by September 20. In mid-August the total enrollment for USD 428 was down 173 but many high school students did not enroll until the start of the classes.