AISD sees unexpected rise in student enrollment numbers

AUSTIN (KXAN) — For the first time in three years, Austin ISD has exceeded their projections for student enrollment.
The total number of AISD students for the 2016-2017 school year was expected to be 82,690. After the first six weeks of school, the numbers are out and the total is 83,238 students, which is 548 above the projected estimate.
“Every day, our teachers and staff show up excited and ready to help Austin ISD reinvent public education, and I am thankful for their work,&