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Comprehensive Plan 15 year over year student populations fluctuated between -6.7% and +6.9%, the average change in the student population each year for the last decade was -0.7%. The total number of kindergarten students in the district is 11.9% larger today than it was 10 years ago, however, the total number of 6th - 8th and Fig. 5: East Aurora School District Enrollment Rates 9th – 12th graders have both decreased by more than 10%. The EAUFSD’s latest annual student enrollment report projects a reversal of the school district’s declining population trends with an increased student enrollment of 1,698 by the 2027/2028 school year. The report anticipates kindergarten enrollment to decline by 4.9% and 9th-12th grade enrollment to decline by 8.8% by 2027/2028. However, 6th-8th grade enrollment and 1st-5th grade enrollment are projected to increase by 18.3% and 2.5% respectively, over the same period. In addition to the school district, there are six private schools in the Village of East Aurora and Town of Aurora. These include The Aurora Waldorf School, The Grow School, and the Guiding Earth Montessori School, East Aurora Montessori School, Mandala School, and the Immaculate Conception School. None of these private schools offer full K-12 education and instead specialize in specific student populations or methods of education. East Aurora Aurora Guiding Earth East Aurora Immaculate The Grow Mandala Grade School Waldorf Montessori Montessori Conception School School District School School School School Pre-K N/A N/A 19 19.7% 0 0% 7 28% 28 87.5% N/A N/A 0 0% K 116 6.1% 23 45.3% 0 0% 4 16% 4 12.5% 5 25% 11 7.5% 1-5 613 37.9% 53 18.8% 0 0% 14 56% N/A N/A 11 55% 80 55.2% 6-8 390 23.6% 22 0% 19 17.6% 0 0% N/A N/A 4 20% 54 37.3% 9-12 529 32.4% 0 16.2% 89 82.4% 0 0% N/A N/A N/A N/A 0 0% TOTAL 1,648 117 108 25 32 20 145 The Town of Aurora lacks diversity, especially Race Town of Aurora Erie County when compared to the rest of Erie County. According to the 2020 Decennial Census, 95.2% White 13,274 95.2% 693,563 72.7% of the Town of Aurora identify as White. 3.1% identify as two or more races, and just 1.7% of Black 41 0.3% 134,795 14.1% the population collectively identify as Black (0.3%), American Indian (0.3%), Asian (0.6%), American 35 0.3% 5,594 0.6% Indian Pacific Islander (0.01%), or Other (0.5%). Comparatively, across Erie County, 72.7% of Asian 82 0.6% 46,384 4.9% the population identifies as White. Three other Pacific race groups have populations at or above 5%, Islander 1 0.01% 280 0.03% including Black (14.1%), Asian (4.9%), and two or more races (5.4%). The County’s racial diversity Two+ Races 434 3.1% 51,816 5.4% is likely due to the more urbanized areas such as the City of Buffalo and Lackawanna, as well Other 76 0.5% 21,804 2.3% suburban areas like Cheektowaga and Amherst.