Retention vs. Re-Enrollment

Retention vs. Re-Enrollment: Do You Know the Difference?

These buzzwords float around committee tables and admissions meetings often. We want to help equip parents to understand more about these terms and what they mean in terms of numbers and spaces available.

• Retention: This term is used by Admissions to consider what percentage of students intend to re-enroll for the following school-year. This matriculation metric is also a helpful barometer for prospective families to consider. Do students tend to stay on year after year? If not, why?

• Re-Enrollment: Each year, a school's admissionsdepartment sends out re-enrollment letters to current families.These are typically sent out in early February with request for a signed return and deposit due by the end of the month. While each school's timeline varies slightly, this gives Admissions a pulse on the number of spots available in a given cohort or grade.