Student Forecasts
Using factors such as birth rates, student mobility, and information about future housing developments, SchoolSite can accurately predict changes to both the resident student population as well as provide enrollment forecasts as well by taking into account historical transfer patterns.
An overview of the Forecast ribbon
SchoolSite Forecast Key Functions:
- Locate potential future school sites
- Determine future school capacity requirements
- Analyze future school attendance boundaries
- Create an unlimited set of projection scenarios based on various factors like birth data, historical enrollment, future development, etc.
- Update projection variables through a spreadsheet-like interface
- 3, 5, 7, or 10 year projections by grade level along with optional “build-out”/maturation projections for long range planning
- Projections and reports are created by study areas, existing attendance zones, user-defined sub-districts, or district wide
- Projections summarized by any grade configuration (K-5, K-6, 7-8, 6-8, etc.)
- Dynamically display enrollment projections in ArcGIS through color shading and map labelling
- Enrollment projections are automatically linked to the Redistricting Extension
- Generate reports to aid in future staffing decisions based on historical data