Enrollment higher than expected in Virginia district
Despite a soft housing market, enrollment this fall in the Loudoun County (Va.) school district is higher than school officials had predicted. A Sept. 17 census showed a schoolwide population of 53,871, or 3,393 more students than last year. That's about 500 more than officials had expected. Because of late enrollment, the difference will probably be closer to 600 when the official count is issued this week, officials said.