With an increase of 220 students this fall, the Prairie Spirit School Division is reporting another year of enrolment growth.  The school division says their actual enrolment exceed their projections by 70 students.

As of September 30, Prairie Spirit has 11,999 students in its 47 schools.

All school divisions in the province must report their official enrolment numbers to the Ministry of Education at the end of September each year. Enrolment is a key factor in determining provincial funding to school divisions.

Prairie Spirit’s student enrolment has increased by over 3000 students since the Division was formed through the amalgamation of three school divisions in 2006.

Prairie Spirit School Division serves students in 28 communities surrounding the City of Saskatoon. The school division also includes nine Hutterite colonies and three First Nations communities. The school division covers a geographic area which extends north to Leask, south to Hanley, east to Colonsay and west to Perdue.