The average resident living in the area may not see any difference, but with the start of the 2024-2025 school year, they are starting a new era. A very brief history shows Lawrence and Nelson were each independent districts prior to entering a “Unified” District with Sandy Creek, Superior and Guide Rock.
That combination of schools lasted until Superior and Guide Rock opted to leave the unified cooperation and go back to operating on their own. After that, Lawrence-Nelson merged into one district but still maintained the unified status with Sandy Creek.
Clay Center merged with Sandy Creek and the unification continued until this school year when the school boards voted to end the unification agreement.
To this end, L-N will now operate as its own entity.
That being said, to the 231 students going through the daily tasks required of them, most likely nothing changed. We are merely reporting on the number of students enrolled for the school year.
Overall, student enrollment has six fewer students for 2024-25 this year. The drop of students comes primarily in the pre-school numbers where the current year has 27 students compared to 33 last year.
The elementary classification is Kindergarten to 5th Grade and the current year shows 92 students compared to 89 last year and 90 for the 2022-23 school year.
Middle schools is composed of the 6th to 8th Grades and the current year number is 42, compared to 47 last year and 56 for the 2022-23 school year.
High school numbers (Grades 9th – 12th) show 70 for the current year compared to 68 last year and 64 for the 0222-23 school year.
Enrollment by grades for 2024-25 is as follows:
PreK, 3 yr. old: 12 6th Gr.: 12
PreK, 4 yr. old: 15 7th Gr.: 15
Kindergarten: 18 9th Gr.: 20
1st Gr.: 14 10th Gr.: 20
2nd Gr.: 19 11th Gr.: 10
3rd Gr.: 10 12th Gr.: 20
4th Gr.: 19
5th Gr.: 12
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