Pender County Schools Enrollment On the Increase
A recent Star News article attested to the fact that Pender County schools have become quite popular. While neigboring counties showed an increase in enrollment in the double digits, Pender County showed a 301 population growth at the 20 day count.
Why are the schools gaining in popularity? It may be due to the fact that 60% of it’s schools “met the Adequate Yearly Progress requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act for the 2005-2006 school year”. Nine schools within the district met or exceeded the AYP requirements and three of the schools missed the AYP requirements by one goal.
