Manteca Unified opened the current school year Monday with a  record 25,561 students.

That includes 17,469 in TK through eighth grade classes and 8,092 high school students.

And given peak enrollment each year isn’t normally reached until October, MUSD will inch closer to the 26,000 student mark as the year unfolds.

It also means Manteca Unified is likely to exceed its projected high point enrollment of 25,797 for this school year.

The first day enrollment of 25,561 students represents a 16.7 percent growth in student enrollment in four years.

MUSD ended the 2020-2021 school year with 21,901 students.

The district has grown an average of 915 students annually in the last four years

Manteca has been prepping for growth by adding community facilities funds combined with Measure A modernization funds to build additional classroom space at Manteca High that will take that campus to 2,200 students..

In addition, design work has started on three new elementary schools targeted for completion in the next three years.

Two of the new schools will be in Manteca south of the 120 Bypass. The other will be in Lathrop.