In Connecticut, enrollment declines have led to numerous school closures and consolidations, with the majority of closures affecting elementary grades. For the Catholic Academy of Bridgeport (CAB), which is made up of four elementary schools on four campuses and comprised of 900 students, they were seeing similar consistent declines in enrollment. By 2019, enrollment numbers had dropped significantly, and despite efforts from the administration, the school could not reverse the trend. The school began digging in to find out why they were losing students. After a thorough analysis of the school’s current enrollment strategy and an assessment of how current inquiries were being handled, independent Admissions experts collaborated with the central staff and school leaders to develop and implement an enrollment management plan.

Knowing that the school used Rediker Software’s AdminPlus school management software, with AdmissionsPlus for enrollment, and after a thorough evaluation of the tool, the Catholic Academy improved how it used the AdmissionsPlus software. Because of its integration with AdminPlus, the school could help streamline the admissions and enrollment process with an online experience that was easy to use and offered families the convenience to apply from any device at any time, to schedule school visits, upload documents, submit forms, and more.

CAB also saw the importance of identifying the most qualified staff member at the school to own enrollment. The CAB needed a leader, a driver, someone who saw the ‘big picture’ and how enrollment connected to everything that happens in a school.

The result? As the Catholic Academy entered the new school year in 2021, school enrollment had grown by nearly 20% over the year before! Read the entire story in our Case Study or visit www.rediker.com.