Wake County Schools has reported its "10 day numbers," a sort of census for the school district that's used to determine staffing at each school.

The number of students county-wide at this point is 139,362. That's an increase from last year's official count, which came in at 137,706.

More than 43,000 students are in year-round schools, while more than 88,000 are in traditional schools.

The official count is taken from the 20-day total, but these new numbers are the ones that really affect individual teachers and classrooms.

Earlier this year, the projected number of students at Green Hope High School was 2,046; after the first 10 days of class, the actual number is 1,982, a difference of 64 students.

Because of that, Green Hope is losing one teacher, who will get picked up by another school in Wake County.

Administrators thought this might happen, and planned accordingly.

"We're taking one of the other teachers who taught a similar section and moving that teacher in there," Principal James Hedrick said. "So it should be a seamless transfer. It'll be a different teacher, but it should be a seamless transfer."

The vast majority of students won't even notice a difference, but principals all over pay close attention to that 10-day number, since nobody likes losing teachers.

Like so many other things nowadays, Principal Hedrick says the economy is the main reason that the numbers were a little off.

"We probably just didn't have as many people moving into the area as originally projected," Hedrick said.

Hedrick expects the 20-day numbers to be a little more than they are now, but that won't mean much in terms of staffing.

School district officials say they won't determine if the 10-day numbers mean hiring more teachers county-wide, laying some off or keeping steady until Friday or Monday.