By Sara Ballenger

The Los Altos School District saw an increase in enrollment when the school year began Aug. 27, Superintendent Marge Gratiot reported at the Sept. 10 school board meeting.

“Our enrollment for the start of the year was 3,978 students,” said Gratiot. “It’s an increase of 60 students over last year but still 25 students less than our projection.”

At the county superintendents’ meeting Sept. 12, Los Altos was one of only two districts in the county that experienced an increase in enrollment. The rest of the schools reported a decline, Gratiot added.

Saratoga Elementary School District was the other district with an increased enrollment this year, but not all districts were present at the meeting, Gratiot said.

Class size has also remained fairly low, she added.

“Our average class size is 19 in grades K-3,” she said.

“Thanks to some additional teachers provided by the Los Altos Educational Foundation, average class size is 26 in grades 4-6.”

Blach and Egan junior high schools have an approximate class size of 24 students, Gratiot added.