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WAKE COUNTY, N.C. — The state's largest school system, Wake County Public Schools, continues to grow.

Ten days after all schools opened, around 3,000 more students are enrolled in the school system, bringing the district total to 146,000. Caroline Wagoner's son Matthew began kindergarten at Dillard Drive Elementary. She is happy with the number of students in her son's class, which stands at 18.

Wagoner waited with him at the bus stop in Cary Friday morning.

“It feels good to me because his class is not overcrowded,” said Wagoner.

That situation is what Wake County leaders want to avoid. At the new Walnut Creek Elementary School, Superintendent Tony Tata said the school has about 840 students when they were prepared for 800.

Tata said they have to equalize resources.

"If they have more students than they were anticipating that we provide that school, that we shift the resources to that school so they're not left holding the bag for a year,” said Tata.

When Tata presents a finalized assignment plan to the school board in October, the long debated plan could change where students are assigned in the coming years.

Since starting the job in January Tata has worked to stray from the system's current policy of busing students for socio-economic diversity. The plan in the works would assign students based on where they live.

For a complete look at population growth at Wake County schools for this year, visit the WCPSS website