NATCHEZ &045; Close to 300 evacuee students have come and gone to Miss-Lou schools, but 1,000 still remain.

All area schools that gained significant numbers have lost significant numbers, except Natchez-Adams public schools, which still have about 535 evacuees.

The district capped out somewhere just over 600.

Superintendent Anthony Morris said he expects to lose a few more, but thinks the majority is here for the year.

Many of the Natchez evacuees are from school districts in the New Orleans area that haven’t announced a reopening date.

&uot;Even some parents that could leave may not have schools open where they are,&uot; Morris said. &uot;They are also thinking about the children and not wanting to uproot their children.&uot;

Some evacuee families have returned home only to find out they couldn’t stay, and returned to Natchez and it’s schools.

The district also had some Rita evacuees enroll.

Concordia Parish schools, once at 500 evacuees, have dropped to 391.

Cathedral School in Natchez once had 140 evacuees but was down to 67 Tuesday. And the number is still dropping, Principal Pat Sanguinetti said.

Students started leaving Cathedral toward the end of September and have gone at a steady rate since, he said. Now that numbers are dropping Cathedral is no longer in danger of needing to hire additional personnel.

The students in the school have plenty of supplies, and some of the school’s donations have already been transported to the coast.

Trinity Episcopal School admitted 40 evacuee students at one point, but is down to 24 now. The school has lost eight students since last week, when their home schools reopened.

Adams County Christian, Huntington School and Holy Family Catholic School had fewer than 35 evacuees combined. Each school still has some evacuees.