Which districts gained, lost students

The yellow school buses lumbering through the Brainerd lakes area this week were a dead giveaway that school is back is session. Here's a look at student enrollment figures reported by area school districts this week:

Aitkin

Enrollment: 1,314 students, an increase of about five students from last year.

Crosby-Ironton

Enrollment: 1,248 students, a decrease of about eight students from last year.

Crosslake Community School

Enrollment: 113 students in kindergarten through eighth-grade, about the same as last year.

Emily Charter School

Enrollment: 75 students in preschool through sixth grade, about the same as last year.

Family of Christ Lutheran School

Enrollment: 96 students in preschool through sixth grade, a decrease of about 20 students from last year.

Lake Region Christian School

Enrollment: 151 students in preschool through 12th grade, about the same as last year.

Little Falls

Enrollment: 2,545 students, a decrease of about 215 students from last year.

Oak Street Christian School

Enrollment figures were not available.

Pequot Lakes

Enrollment: 1,545 students in preschool through 12th grade, an increase of about 35 students from last year.

Pierz

Enrollment: 1,033 students, a decrease of about 20 students from last year.

Pillager Area Charter School

Enrollment: 38 students, a decrease of four students from last year.

Pillager

Enrollment: 795 students, an increase of 55 students, or a 7.5 percent increase, from last spring.

Pine River-Backus

Enrollment: 981 students, a decrease of 45 students from last year.

Staples-Motley

Enrollment: 1,366 students, an increase of 25 students from last year.

St. Francis of the Lakes

Enrollment figures were not available.

Wadena-Deer Creek

Enrollment: 1,129 students, a decrease of 30 students from last spring.

Walker-Hackensack-Akeley

Enrollment: 970 students, a slight decrease from last year.