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Peer reviewedLows, Raymond L. – CEFP Journal, 1987
Discusses the advantages and limitations of three enrollment projection techniques: (1) preschool census, (2) regression line, and (3) entry-grade to live birth ratio. Four tables illustrate the methods. (MLF)
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Planning, Elementary Education, Enrollment Projections, Grade 1
Peer reviewedMcClain, Jerry D. – CEFP Journal, 1987
Administrators of the fastest growing school district in Illinois have coped with enrollment planning. In addition to enrollment projection techniques, school staff attend city and county planning meetings and also count the number of housing units occupied and under construction. (MLF)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Facilities Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Projections
Peer reviewedStewart, G. Kent – CEFP Journal, 1987
Small school districts have little leeway in predicting school enrollment. The basic tool of cohort survival technique can be augmented with the district census study and strategically located volunteers to monitor move-ins and move-outs within an assigned geographic area of the school district. (MLF)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Cohort Analysis, Community Surveys, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedGlass, Thomas E. – CEFP Journal, 1987
Describes the many sources of data available to school districts for enrollment planning and suggests a way to use them in planning new facilities. Among the sources cited are census data; building permits; migration; and surveys of districts, utilities, and residences. (MLF)
Descriptors: Architects, Census Figures, Demography, Educational Facilities Planning
