Virginia’s public elementary and secondary school membership soared to a new record in September 2006 when 1,200,407 students enrolled. Student enrollment was 6,239 more than the year before. But enrollment for the 2007- 08 school year, beginning this month, is forecast to be even higher, at 1,204,631 students. The newest projections from the Demographics and Workforce section of UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service show enrollment growing each year over the next fve years, peaking at 1,232,264 students in 2011-12, the last projection year. The total number of students attending public school in the Commonwealth will increase by nearly 32,000 between fall 2006 and 2011.