The latest numbers show 300 more students are attending the district this year.

17-thouand 163 students currently attend Bend LaPine Schools and that's about a two percent increase over last year.

For the past decade, enrollment here has steadily increased by more than two thosuand students since 2004.

Currently 17 of the district's 27 schools are near or above capacity.

The district is of course currently building two new schools, an elementary and middle school, which are slated to open in September of 2015.

Analysts expect the district's population to reach 19-thousand 600 students by 2021.