Prior Lake-Savage kindergarten enrollment is 484, down 38 from last fall
Kindergarten enrollment in Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools stood at 484 as of Sept. 4, according to an enrollment report presented to the school board on Monday, Sept. 14. That is 38 below the Oct. 1, 2025 count of 522, and below the 489 the district used in its budget assumptions for this year.
The report tracks the number week by week through the summer. On Aug. 17 it was 476, on Aug. 21 it was 479, and on Aug. 28 it was 487 before settling at 484 in the count taken Sept. 4. Last year’s kindergarten class was 526 on the same date.
A second report gives the district’s end-of-year numbers. Prior Lake-Savage finished the 2025-26 year on Aug. 31 with 8,449 students in kindergarten through 12th grade, 52 fewer than the 8,501 in its revised budget and down from the 8,536 in its final fall count. The report lists 2,962 students in grades 1 through 5, 2,052 in grades 6 through 8 and 2,907 in grades 9 through 12 at the end of the year.
What's next: The district's Oct. 1 enrollment count is the next number.