Document Type

Technical Report

Publication Date

9-1-2011

Subjects

North Santiam School District, Oregon -- Population -- Statistics, Oregon -- Population -- Statistics, School enrollment -- Oregon -- Marion County -- Forecasting, School enrollment -- Oregon -- Linn County -- Forecasting, Demographic surveys -- Oregon -- Marion County, Demographic surveys -- Oregon -- Linn County

Abstract

This report presents the results of a demographic study conducted by the Portland State University Population Research Center (PRC) for the North Santiam School District (NSSD). The three district‐wide Enrollment Forecast scenarios for the period 2011‐12 to 2025‐26 describe a long‐range in which enrollment is either relatively stable (LOW series), growing moderately (MIDDLE series), or growing rapidly (HIGH series). They differ due in their assumptions about migration levels as well as the share of District school‐age residents attending NSSD schools. Assumptions for migration rates by age and sex incorporate observations from the 1990s and 2000s, and population growth levels in each scenario are consistent with recent population forecasts for Marion County and Stayton and Sublimity. Growth expectations in the 2010 to 2020 period are tempered by the reality that employment is recovering slowly from the recession and major new industrial or residential development is not expected in the short term. In the first two years of the forecast, 2011‐12 and 2012‐13, both the LOW and MIDDLE forecasts predict overall K‐12 enrollment losses, while the HIGH forecast predicts very small gains. During the remaining 13 years of the forecast, each of the three forecasts indicates enrollment growth, though at very different rates.

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/8943

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