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Its student body down 7%, Washougal School District working to recruit new families, re-attract former students

Enrollment decline means less per-student funding for district, but federal and state funds will help make up for student losses, restore 2021-22 budget

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The Washougal School District Administrative Offices are pictured Tuesday morning, April 14, 2020. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

The Washougal School District lost about 250 students — roughly 7 percent of its student body — during the course of the 2020-21 school year, when COVID-19 regulations forced a blend of remote and limited in-person learning, but school officials are optimistic the district will be able to attract a portion of those students back this fall.

The district is currently budgeting for 2,992 students for the 2021-22 school year, a figure that “bounces back to about what it was prior to the pandemic starting,” according to Kris Grindy, the district’s financial manager.

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