It was not until the 1880s that the population began to increase.
The Jewish population of the community began to increase in the late 1880s and early 1890s.
The population began with 9 people, grew to its largest 1,260 in 1860, but by 1920, was 610.
Since then, the school's population began to grow every year.
The growing population began the expansion of the middle school.
But the problem returned in 1986, as the population began to decline again, to about 4,500 now.
By the 1960's, what had been a majority white population began to move away.
Starting around the 12th century the population began to grow.
The population continued to decline until 1971, but in 1968 began growing again.
After 70 years, the population is just now beginning to return.