Is the school population growing? How to tell.

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Planning Demographics by Area (as opposed to by school)

The following information is provided to assist CWG's in preparing demopgraphics to illustrate real growth in student populations across an area in the planning study.

Currently, we are being asked to look only at a school by school scenario, which does not provide accurate reflections of overall trends in demographic shifts that some of the inner area schools are experiencing. This involves a bit of number crunching, but the results are worth it when you can illustrate that growth is a component of your analysis and subsequent recommendations.

The following chart shows how the numbers worked out for Elementary Planning Area 4:
Student
Total
Total
JK/SK
1-8 Total New ADE
 Total
1-4
 Total
5-8
 Total
Spec.
 Ed
  1988  3390   604  2786  3088   1352    1433.4   87
  1989  3371   690  3081  3433   1597    1483.6  130
  1990  3724   628  3096  3410   1472    1623.6  139
  1991  3692   660  3032  3362   1499.5  1531.8  115
  1992  4212   710  3502  3857   1506.8  1567    177
  1993  3989   771  3218  3603.5 1583.5  1634    239
  1994  4046   733  3313  3679.5 1661.5  1651.4  244
  1995  4212   750  3462  3837   1702    1759.2  269
  1996  3877   726  3151  3514   1721    1429.8  254
  1997  3887   685  3202  3544.5 1718    1483.2  224
  1998         3675       
 
Difference 497  81416  587 366  49.8  137
Growth%    14.93%  19% 27.07%  3.47% 157%

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