Guest DT Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 https://www.ihsaa.org/dnn/Schools/Enrollments-Classifications file:///C:/Users/tmphi/Downloads/IHSAA%20enrollment%20-%20Copy%20of%20Sheet1%20(3).pdf As I was perusing thru the latest update on school enrollments, I was shocked to see the dramatic declines at Terre Haute North and South. Based on the attached files, the following enrollments were reported from the Terre Haute schools in the 2013 classification and then in the 2020 classification : 2013 2020 %Change TH North 1929 1431 (26%) TH South 1805 1463 (19%) Total 3734 2894 (22.5%) Since leaving The MIC, TH high school enrollment is down a whopping 22.5% This dramatic decline may present the opportunity for the Terre Haute schools to combine with other western Indiana schools to create a new conference as enrollment discrepencies have narrowed TH North and South could also suddenly be post season players as they will likely both be classified as 4A schools based on the latest enrollment projections. What do you think? Are TH North and South potential 4A tournament threats? Could we possibly see a new WIC developing in the near future? Is there potential to bring some Illinois schools into the mix? Are the Terre Hautes ready to determine their own future finally after being at the mercy of other schools in The MIC and Conference Indiana? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicvinegar Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 2 hours ago, DT said: https://www.ihsaa.org/dnn/Schools/Enrollments-Classifications file:///C:/Users/tmphi/Downloads/IHSAA%20enrollment%20-%20Copy%20of%20Sheet1%20(3).pdf As I was perusing thru the latest update on school enrollments, I was shocked to see the dramatic declines at Terre Haute North and South. Based on the attached files, the following enrollments were reported from the Terre Haute schools in the 2013 classification and then in the 2020 classification : 2013 2020 %Change TH North 1929 1431 (26%) TH South 1805 1463 (19%) Total 3734 2894 (22.5%) Since leaving The MIC, TH high school enrollment is down a whopping 22.5% This dramatic decline may present the opportunity for the Terre Haute schools to combine with other western Indiana schools to create a new conference as enrollment discrepencies have narrowed TH North and South could also suddenly be post season players as they will likely both be classified as 4A schools based on the latest enrollment projections. What do you think? Are TH North and South potential 4A tournament threats? Could we possibly see a new WIC developing in the near future? Is there potential to bring some Illinois schools into the mix? Are the Terre Hautes ready to determine their own future finally after being at the mercy of other schools in The MIC and Conference Indiana? Have you been to Terre Haute? Lol I joke! Seriously, that's a crazy drop in enrollment. I do think it's probably time for them both to change conferences. In most conferences, I believe they would be more successful during the regular season. Having that success, would only help to get out more players. I don't really need to do the research to guess who would be in their sectional in 4A, to know that their sectional would then be easier than it currently is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southend Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Are there any private schools popping up in the area? Or is this just vacating the city altogether? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DT Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Reverse migration to Illinois? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indian72 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Is this any different than South Bend, Hammond, Muncie, Anderson where enrollments went down and schools closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southend Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Yea, who would want to leave Terre Haute any way? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DT Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 29 minutes ago, southend said: Yea, who would want to leave Terre Haute any way? Terre Haute is not an industrial town like the northern cities It's a college town Something else is amiss Just now, DT said: Terre Haute is not an industrial town like the northern cities It's a college town Something else is amiss Seems a lot like Elkhart where a consolidation might be in the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 (edited) 34 minutes ago, DT said: Terre Haute is not an industrial town like the northern cities It's a college town Something else is amiss Seems a lot like Elkhart where a consolidation might be in the future But if you consolidate into a school of 3k, where do you go in terms of conference affiliation? Would they become the bully of Conference Indiana at that point? (Though I will say/add that my theory surrounding SES > enrollment is supported by the Conference Indiana standings...) Edited December 4, 2020 by temptation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 1 hour ago, DT said: Terre Haute is not an industrial town like the northern cities It's a college town No. Terredice is a city with a college in it. It is not a college town. At all. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan32 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 I went to ISU. 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 31 minutes ago, Titan32 said: I went to ISU. 🙂 So did I. Great school. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan32 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 https://www.wthitv.com/content/news/We-will-pull-out-of-this-we-have-no-choice-Local-leaders-react-to-closing-of-Alorica-business-499035781.html https://www.wthitv.com/content/news/Source-Hundreds-to-lose-their-job-at-Sony-DADC-469794943.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muda69 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 42 minutes ago, Grover said: So did I. Great school. Me three. Go Sycamores. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staxawax Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 4 hours ago, DT said: Reverse migration to Illinois? No way they are moving to Illinois. Illinois is losing population because of tax rates. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DT Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 1 minute ago, Staxawax said: No way they are moving to Illinois. Illinois is losing population because of tax rates. That is certainly the case in northern Illinois and the Chicago metro area. This part of Illinois is rural farm country. Much like Indiana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvigo13 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 I live here in ole Terre Haute. We've lost a lot lately business wise and nothing is coming in to take it's place. The school corporation had a big scandal with millions of dollars involved. I think that alienated some people and they left. Some still think some shady business going on with them with money disappearing and then magically reappearing. West Vigo also has a few transfer from both schools. And West Vigo has had an enrollment drop too. When I graduated, enrollment was right around 560 or 570. It's down to about 515 now. Not a huge drop but noticeable in a school that size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanteEstonia Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 In light of the enrollments in Terre Haute, maybe it would be wise to re-align Conference Indiana and the Mid-State. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DT Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Therer has long been talk of the Terre haute schools rejoining the WIC. When THN and THS were both near 2000 students, it did not make sense. But now the enrolment discrepency is much closer. The WIC could possibly break diwn into Bg and Small school divisions. WESTERN INDIANA ALL TIMES EASTERN Gold Division THN 1430 CONFERENCE ALL GAMES THS 1460 W-L Pts OP W-L Pts OP Streak Northview 990 4-0 142 30 7- 3 269 148 Lost 1 Indian Creek 585 3-1 89 74 6- 4 259 176 Lost 2 Sullivan 514 2-2 116 95 8- 4 360 240 Lost 1 Edgewood 763 1-3 59 128 4- 7 199 270 Lost 1 Owen Valley 664 0-4 34 113 3- 7 197 233 Lost 1 Green Division CONFERENCE ALL GAMES W-L Pts OP W-L Pts OP Streak South Putnam 360 5-0 243 79 12- 1 551 233 Lost 1 West Vigo 518 3-1 97 77 5- 4 213 192 Lost 2 Greencastle 484 3-2 195 68 6- 5 382 184 Lost 1 Brown County 548 2-3 123 150 5- 5 210 266 Lost 1 North Putnam 422 1-4 130 189 2- 9 211 341 Lost 1 Cloverdale 0-4 24 249 0- 8 78 436 Lost 12 ©conference game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 12 hours ago, wvigo13 said: I live here in ole Terre Haute. We've lost a lot lately business wise and nothing is coming in to take it's place. The school corporation had a big scandal with millions of dollars involved. I think that alienated some people and they left. Some still think some shady business going on with them with money disappearing and then magically reappearing. West Vigo also has a few transfer from both schools. And West Vigo has had an enrollment drop too. When I graduated, enrollment was right around 560 or 570. It's down to about 515 now. Not a huge drop but noticeable in a school that size. Everything I find on line says the populations of Terre Haute vand Vigo County are virtually unchanged since 2010. There are other possibilities including the average age is increasing or there was a 4-5 year window where Hautians quit having sex. 😆 I'm sure there's a way to check the enrollment of lower grades but I don't know how to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan32 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 19 hours ago, Titan32 said: https://www.wthitv.com/content/news/We-will-pull-out-of-this-we-have-no-choice-Local-leaders-react-to-closing-of-Alorica-business-499035781.html https://www.wthitv.com/content/news/Source-Hundreds-to-lose-their-job-at-Sony-DADC-469794943.html There has undoubtedly been job loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Justifiably or not new businesses won't relocate to TH because of the union reputation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoopsCoach Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 The schools closer to Indy continue to grow and I would imagine that is where some of those families from Vigo County with school aged children have gone. Family sizes continue to get smaller but that alone wouldn’t explain the decrease in enrollments. That is a factor everywhere. Many schools saw an enrollment dip this year due to students transitioning to online schools. I wouldn’t expect that trend to be higher in Terre Haute than anywhere else. Even though the Terre Haute schools have lost a significant number of students, they are still quite a bit larger than the other schools in their area with the exception of Northview. They would still have a hard time convincing any conference to allow them to join because they are too big or too far away. The nearest Illinois schools with over 1,000 students are Mattoon, Danville, and a few in Champaign. I don’t think any of them are open to bringing THN and THS into their conferences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Grover said: Everything I find on line says the populations of Terre Haute vand Vigo County are virtually unchanged since 2010. There are other possibilities including the average age is increasing or there was a 4-5 year window where Hautians quit having sex. 😆 I'm sure there's a way to check the enrollment of lower grades but I don't know how to do it. The DOE website will be your best source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanteEstonia Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 1 hour ago, HoopsCoach said: Even though the Terre Haute schools have lost a significant number of students, they are still quite a bit larger than the other schools in their area with the exception of Northview. They would still have a hard time convincing any conference to allow them to join because they are too big or too far away. The nearest Illinois schools with over 1,000 students are Mattoon, Danville, and a few in Champaign. I don’t think any of them are open to bringing THN and THS into their conferences. Here's the new CI, as proposed by Dante Estonia: TH South TH North BHSS BHSN BNL Martinsville Northview Southport fills Martinsville's spot in the Mid-State; Columbus North fills BNL's spot in the Hoosier Hills. Now we have stability. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DT Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 1 hour ago, HoopsCoach said: The schools closer to Indy continue to grow and I would imagine that is where some of those families from Vigo County with school aged children have gone. Family sizes continue to get smaller but that alone wouldn’t explain the decrease in enrollments. That is a factor everywhere. Many schools saw an enrollment dip this year due to students transitioning to online schools. I wouldn’t expect that trend to be higher in Terre Haute than anywhere else. Even though the Terre Haute schools have lost a significant number of students, they are still quite a bit larger than the other schools in their area with the exception of Northview. They would still have a hard time convincing any conference to allow them to join because they are too big or too far away. The nearest Illinois schools with over 1,000 students are Mattoon, Danville, and a few in Champaign. I don’t think any of them are open to bringing THN and THS into their conferences. There are large enrollment discrepencies in conferences all across the state : DAC Lake Central 3300 to Michigan City 1800 NIC Penn 3300 to Bremen 500 SAC Homestead 2600 to Luers 450 MIC Carmel 5500 to Lawrence Central 2300 NLC Warsaw 2100 to Northwood 880 SIAC Castle 1900 to Mater Dei 505 No reason the WIC cant do the same 8 minutes ago, DanteEstonia said: Here's the new CI, as proposed by Dante Estonia: TH South TH North BHSS BHSN BNL Martinsville Northview Southport fills Martinsville's spot in the Mid-State; Columbus North fills BNL's spot in the Hoosier Hills. Now we have stability. Is Martinsville unhappy in the Mid State? Is BNL unhappy in the Hoosier Hills? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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