NEWS: Double Digit % Growth Expected for WJCC Public Schools Enrollment

All sixteen schools will gain students over next decade According to School Board Consultant

The WJCC Shool Board and the Williamsburg City Council were recently told by a consultant to expect double digit enrollment growth over the next ten years. (Image Credit: George Arbogust)

In a joint meeting held earlier this month between the Williamsburg-James City County School Board and the Williamsburg City Council, a long-time consultant for the school system presented their projections for student enrollment growth over the next decade.

According to the consultant, Tracy Healy, President of education facility planner Future Think, following a decade of mostly stagnant student enrollment, WJCC Public Schools can expect over 17% total growth in enrollment over the next ten years. Healy explains in the presentation that these projections rely on a complicated mix of factors including economic conditions, housing starts and live births. Still, the firm sees reason to anticipate more growth in the school system as the region’s overall population expands.