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EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS #273 RESIDENT ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS
Hazel H. Reinhardt
2/6/2019
Corrected 2/11/2019
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EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
RESIDENT ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS
Executive Summary
Since 2008-09
• Edina Public Schools enrollment (excluding Early Childhood) increased by 525 students or 6.7
percent
• Resident enrollment (excluding Early Childhood) increased by 385 students or 5.7 percent
• Nonresidents make up 15.4 percent of total enrollment in 2018-19
• The market share of the Edina Public Schools is 81.6 percent, a high percentage for a Twin Cities
Metro Area School District. However, the market share would be lower if District residents
attending District #287 were included in the District’s enrolled school age population
o The Edina Public Schools had a net gain of 972 students from public options in
2018-19; however, more students are opting for other public options than in the past
In ten years, that is, in 2028-29
• Edina Public Schools resident enrollment (excluding Early Childhood) is projected to range from
7,393 to 7,499, an increase of 4.0 to 5.5 percent from the 2018-19 resident enrollment of 7,111
(excluding Early Childhood)
• Resident K-5 enrollment is projected to increase as is resident Grade 6 to 8 enrollment.
Resident high school enrollment is projected to decrease in the first five projection years and
then return to today’s numbers in ten years
• Resident Kindergarten is projected to be smaller than the previous year’s resident Grade 12,
which depresses enrollment growth. This is a continuation of the existing trend
• Net in migration is projected to be about the same as in the recent past
In five years, that is, in 2023-24
• Concord Elementary School is projected to have a substantial increase in resident students (129
students), largely the result of high net in migration (survival rates). Countryside is projected to
have a decrease in resident students because an exceptionally large Grade 5 ages out of the
elementary grades. The other elementary schools show small gains or have flat resident
enrollment
o The housing unit method projects more resident K-5 students than the cohort method
Housing Data
• Changes in single-family detached housing stock (newly built units from tear downs and the
sales of existing units) have a significant positive affect on resident enrollment in the Edina
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Public Schools. Edina’s per single-family detached unit student yields look more like a
developing area than a first ring suburb
o The per unit student yield of newly built single-family detached units is high (0.75)
o Per unit student yield is higher in single-family detached units that sold versus those
that did not sell (0.62 versus 0.52)
• Eighty-eight (88.0) percent of Edina Public Schools’ resident students live in single-family
detached units
What could occur to make these projections too high or too low
• Too high
o Projected kindergarten is too high
o Net out migration in high school grades is higher than projected
o A recession, which would slow growth
• Too low
o Projected kindergarten too low
o The rate of tear downs increases
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RESIDENT ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS
Introduction
Attending school is compulsory; therefore, the number of enrolled students is a demographic
phenomenon. Public school enrollment is affected by the size of a school district’s school age
population and the education choices available to district residents. A district’s school age population is
closely related to other population characteristics of the district, especially the age of the district’s
population. For example, the age of adults, especially the number of women of prime childbearing age,
effects the number of births, which translates into kindergarten classes five to six years later. The age of
adults also effects population mobility because older people move less frequently than younger people.
The movement of families with children under 18 years also effects enrollment and in a mobile society,
enrollment changes throughout the school year as families with children move. While most population
trends find expression in school districts, there is also change that is unpredictable and sometimes very
local.
While population changes affect the total number of school age children residing in a school
district, Minnesota students and their families have education choices. These choices also effect
enrollment in a district’s schools. Therefore, when analyzing public school enrollment, choice must be
considered as well as population dynamics. Choice includes nonpublic schools, home schools, and the
public options of open enrollment, charter schools and alternative schools. Two other choices exist: a)
dropping out of high school, and b) delaying starting kindergarten (academic redshirting).
Enrollment Trends
Enrollment in the Edina Public Schools
Current Enrollment/Past Trends
Enrollment trends play out over extended periods of time. Over the past ten years, total
enrollment increased by 525 students or 6.7 percent while resident enrollment increased by 385
students or 5.7 percent. Total enrollment got a boost from an increase in nonresident enrollment,
which increased from 1,153 to 1,293 students. In 2018-19, nonresidents make up 15.4 percent of total
enrollment. The percentage of nonresidents was 14.6 percent in 2008-09.
ENROLLMENT
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
7,879 7,990 8,188 8,249 8,326 8,385 8,443 8,438 8,501 8,522 8,404
Source: Edina Public Schools, Fall Enrollment. Excludes Early Childhood
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RESIDENT ENROLLMENT
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
6,726 6,810 7,022 7,062 7,091 7,146 7,107 7,125 7,239 7,274 7,111
Source: Edina Public Schools, Fall Enrollment. Excludes Early Childhood
To better understand resident enrollment change, it is important to understand the components
of this change. Like all population change, school enrollment changes result from two different
phenomena—natural increase/decrease and net migration. The difference between the size of the
incoming kindergarten class and the previous year’s Grade 12, called natural increase or decrease,
measures the change in past birth numbers or cohort change. For example, the Baby Boom (1946-1964)
and the Baby Bust (1965-1976) set in motion cycles of rising and falling enrollment that are reflected as
natural increase/decrease. As the next table shows, since 2008-09, Edina Public Schools’ resident
Kindergarten classes were smaller than the previous year’s resident Grade 12 every year. Natural
decrease reduced enrollment by 373 students since 2008-09.
COMPONENTS OF RESIDENT ENROLLMENT CHANGE
October
To
October
Total
Natural
Increase/
Decrease
Net
Migration # %
2008 to 2009 84 1.2% -22 106
2009 to 2010 212 3.1% -19 231
2010 to 2011 40 0.6% -37 77
2011 to 2012 29 0.4% -48 77
2012 to 2013 55 0.8% -19 74
2013 to 2014 -39 -0.5% -54 15
2014 to 2015 18 0.3% -80 98
2015 to 2016 114 1.6% -12 126
2016 to 2017 35 0.5% -19 54
2017 to 2018 -163 -2.2% -63 -100
Total 385 --- -373 758
The other phenomenon affecting school enrollment is migration, an indirectly derived estimate.
Migration is the term used when people move across a boundary or border, in this case, the school
district’s boundaries. Net migration is calculated by the progression from grade-to-grade of public-
school students. For example, public school Kindergarten students are moved to Grade 1 in the
following year, Grade 1 students to Grade 2, etc. Because the probability of death is very low among
children, the same number of students is expected in the next higher grade the following year.
Therefore, if the number of students changes, migration is assumed to have occurred. A positive
number indicates a net flow into the public schools and a negative number reflects a net flow out of the
public schools.
This method for estimating migration does not distinguish between physical movement across
the district’s boundaries and education choices, such as transferring from a nonpublic school to a public
school, transferring to a charter school or open enrolling in a public school outside the district. Further,
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students who move into or out of a school district but never enroll in the district’s public schools are not
reflected in the migration numbers in this report.
Based on the described methodology, except for the past year, resident net migration was
positive every year since 2008-09. Since 2008-09, resident net migration added 758 students. The
combination of net migration and natural increase/decrease is the change in enrollment.
Student Choices in the Edina Public Schools
The number of education options available affects enrollment in a district's public schools.
Nonpublic schools have been an option for many years. More recently, home schools became another
option. Since their inception, public school options are attracting more students every year. Open
enrollment allows residents of one district to attend the public schools in another district. Charter
schools are another public option. All these choices mean competition for students.
Nonpublic Enrollment and Home Schools
Today, nonpublic enrollment falls into two categories—traditional nonpublic schools and home
schools. Most traditional nonpublic schools are associated with religious institutions and many home
school curriculums are faith based as well.
In Minnesota, 6.9 percent of all enrolled students were enrolled in traditional nonpublic schools
and 2.0 percent of enrolled students were homeschooled in 2017-18. In the Edina School District, 14.5
percent of enrolled students were in traditional nonpublic schools. Homeschooled students accounted
for 0.5 percent of all enrolled students.
NONPUBLIC SETTINGS
Year
Traditional
Nonpublic Schools
Home Schools
Total
2008-09 1,133 29 1,162
2009-10 1,122 35 1,157
2010-11 1,099 34 1,133
2011-12 1,134 40 1,174
2012-13 1,157 24 1,181
2013-14 1,166 24 1,190
2014-15 1,295 25 1,320
2015-16 1,257 36 1,293
2016-17 1,241 37 1,278
2017-18 1,281 42 1,323
2018-19 1,255 29 1,284
The increase in traditional nonpublic enrollment between 2013-14 and 2014-15 may be
a function of data sources
Source: Edina Public Schools
The proportion of ISD #273 residents in nonpublic settings is higher than the statewide
percentages. Combining home school students and nonpublic students, 15.0 percent of Edina School
District residents were in nonpublic settings. In Minnesota, 9.0 percent were enrolled in nonpublic
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settings. In the past ten years, traditional nonpublic enrollment decreased statewide while
homeschooled children increased. In the Edina School District, traditional nonpublic enrollment
increased, and the number of homeschooled students fluctuated but was the same in 2018-19 as in
2008-09.
Public Options
Open Enrollment. Open enrollment allows Minnesota students to attend public schools outside
their district of residence. The application to open enroll is made by the student and his/her parents
and families generally provide their own school transportation. No tuition is charged.
Some students attend public schools outside their home district because their home district
enters into an agreement with another district, usually to provide specialized services. This is called a
tuition agreement, but this arrangement is not technically a student choice.
Since its beginning, open enrollment has attracted more and more students statewide and, in
the Edina, Public Schools. In 2017-18, 1,248 nonresident students enrolled into the Edina Public Schools
while 126 district residents attended public schools elsewhere through open enrollment. In 2018-19,
1,293 nonresidents were enrolled in the Edina Public Schools while 130 residents (estimate) attended a
public school elsewhere through open enrollment. (See Appendix)
PUBLIC OPTIONS
Year
In Out
Net
Open
Enrollment
Tuition
Agreements
Open
Enrollment*
Tuition
Agreements
Charter
Schools
2008-09 1,153 78^ 48^ 1,027
2009-10 1,180 78 51 1,051
2010-11 1,166 78 54 1,034
2011-12 1,191 78 54 1,059
2012-13 1,235 75 106 1,054
2013-14 1,239 73 98 1,068
2014-15 1,336 89 95 1,152
2015-16 1,313 118 100 1,095
2016-17 1,262 120 53 1,089
2017-18 1,248 126 124 998
2018-19 1,293 130^ 191^ 972
*Minnesota Department of Education
^Estimate
Source: Edina Public Schools
Nonresident students who enroll in the Edina Public Schools accounted for 14.6 percent of
Edina’s total enrollment in 2017-18. Students leaving the district to attend public schools elsewhere
through open enrollment represented 1.4 percent of the district’s school age residents. In 2017-18, 8.5
percent of Minnesota students chose open enrollment.
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Charter Schools. Charter schools are another public education option. While 6.0 percent of
Minnesota students attended charter schools in 2017-18, 1.4 percent of Edina School District residents
attended charter schools.
As the education choice data show, in 2017-18, the District had a net gain of 972 students from
other public options, excluding tuition agreements. However, other public options are capturing more
students than in the past.
K-12 Market Share of District School Age Residents
Estimating market share requires an estimate of a school district’s school age population. The
best estimate results from summing resident students in the district’s schools with district residents
attending traditional nonpublic schools, residents being homeschooled and residents opting for open
enrollment out, charter schools and other public options.
Based on 2008-09 and 2018-19, the estimated resident school age population increased from
8,014 to 8,716 students, an increase of 702 students or 8.8 percent. Resident enrollment in the Edina
Public Schools increased by 385 students or 5.7 percent during the same period. These percentages
indicate that the Edina Public Schools’ market share decreased, which is typical in Minnesota. Based on
the estimated 2018-19 enrolled population of 8,716, the Edina Public Schools captured 81.6 percent of
the district’s school age population. In 2008-09, market share was 83.9 percent. The 2018-19 market
share is higher than that of most Twin Cities Metro Area school districts, although District #287 students
are not included.
EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS ESTIMATED RESIDENT SCHOOL AGE POPULATION
Year
Edina Public
Schools
Resident
Enrollment
Nonpublic
Settings
Public
Options
Other*
Total
2008-09 6,726 1,162 126 n.a. 8,014
2009-10 6,810 1,157 129 n.a. 8,096
2010-11 7,022 1,133 132 n.a. 8,287
2011-12 7,062 1,174 132 n.a. 8,368
2012-13 7,091 1,181 181 n.a. 8,453
2013-14 7,146 1,190 171 n.a. 8,507
2014-15 7,107 1,320 184 n.a. 8,611
2015-16 7,125 1,293 218 n.a. 8,636
2016-17 7,239 1,278 173 n.a. 8,690
2017-18 7,274 1,323 250 n.a. 8,847
2018-19 7,111 1,284 321 n.a. 8,716
Other is students at Intermediate District #287. Number of students not readily available
History of Resident Enrollment by Grade
The history of resident enrollment contains several patterns with implications for future
enrollment. First, resident kindergarten class size fluctuated from year to year, but the resident
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kindergarten class is 14 students larger than ten years ago. The resident kindergarten classes in the past
three years have been larger than all but two years in the past ten.
The number of resident students per grade varies in the Edina Public Schools. A way of
expressing the differences by grade is to look at the “average” number of resident students per grade.
For example, in 2018-19, the average resident elementary grade (K-5) has 536 students. The average
resident middle school grade (6-8) has 542 students and the average resident high school grade is 567
students. There is no pronounced net in migration at the beginning of middle school or at the beginning
of high school. Based on current resident grade sizes, natural decrease is likely to continue. Thus,
without resident net in migration and larger resident kindergarten classes, future resident enrollment
would be flat.
Minnesota's largest graduating high school class since 1978 graduated in 2009. State wide,
graduating classes will be getting smaller. Based on Edina’s enrollment history, Edina’s largest recent
resident senior class will graduate in 2019 or later.
RESIDENT ENROLLMENT
Grade 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
K 492 478 507 468 482 517 486 454 515 526 506
1 510 538 532 542 484 507 545 482 484 551 526
2 529 512 568 544 562 509 510 573 530 501 551
3 539 544 547 572 550 572 518 528 592 522 505
4 524 535 571 556 577 552 590 514 533 596 539
5 533 532 551 569 561 592 557 590 540 530 590
6 535 522 547 575 571 564 594 578 594 536 542
7 512 543 550 551 580 575 572 617 578 579 518
8 509 510 557 538 548 579 583 574 600 592 566
9 505 532 524 552 547 544 566 593 595 599 546
10 516 521 538 523 563 549 532 551 577 584 586
11 522 517 525 542 530 546 520 544 556 589 553
12 500 526 505 530 536 540 534 527 545 569 583
Total 6,726 6,810 7,022 7,062 7,091 7,146 7,107 7,125 7,239 7,274 7,111
Source: Edina Public Schools, Fall Enrollment. Excludes Early Childhood
Enrollment Projections
Projection Background
Some factors affecting future school enrollment are known. However, other crucial factors are
less clear. The difficulty in quantifying the effect of these factors is a challenge. First, the trends around
which there is confidence.
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Trends Where Confidence is High
• Aging. The population in the U.S. and Minnesota is aging. By 2020, 16-17 percent of
Minnesota’s population will be 65 years old or older. In 2010, the elderly made up 12.9 percent
of the population. Around 2020, for the first time in history, Minnesota’s 65+ population is
expected to exceed the 5-17 population (K-12 population). There is no historical precedent for
this high proportion of older population; therefore, society is entering uncharted waters as to
the effects of this change. However, we know that aging will affect the housing market and
reduce geographic mobility because older people move less frequently than younger people.
Further, the percentage of households with school age children will decline.
• Fertility. Today, completed fertility is near the replacement level and there is little reason to
think that will be reversed. Completed fertility refers to the number of children born per
woman throughout her childbearing years. In Minnesota, White non-Hispanic women have
below replacement fertility. (Replacement is 2.11 children per female at the end of
childbearing.) Fertility rates for Asian and Hispanic women are now near replacement. Black
women (African-American and African-born) have the highest fertility level, just below 3, that is,
just less than 3 children per woman at the end of childbearing.
Unknowns
The unknowns reflect changes in the housing market, the economy and international immigration.
• Recovery of the housing market. The recovery of the housing market results in more mobility
and this influences enrollment. Home prices are back to prerecession levels, resales are up, and
residential construction has returned to prerecession levels.
• The economy. While the recovery from the Great Recession was slow, today the economy is
robust, and unemployment is low. However, another recession is likely sometime in the next
ten years, i.e. in the projection period.
• Immigration. Both the economy and public policy are affecting international immigration.
Future births and future students from international immigration are impossible to predict.
• Delay/postponement of childbearing. The Millennials are delaying marriage, childbearing and
home ownership. The long-term effects of these delays are unclear; however, the decline in
2017 births has led demographers to conclude that births delayed by the Great Recession
appear to be births foregone.
• Competition. The establishment of charter schools is hard to predict, and open enrollment
continues to increase.
Cohort Survival Method
The most common and most robust model for projecting school enrollment is the cohort
survival method. The first step in the cohort survival method is aging the population. In a standard
cohort survival model, aging the population involves estimating the number of deaths expected in an
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age group before it reaches the next older age group. When the cohort survival method is used to
project school enrollment, the first step is to move a grade to the next higher grade. Because mortality
is so low in the school age population, the entire grade is assumed to “survive” to the next higher grade
in the following year.
After aging the current enrollment, two key assumptions must be made. These assumptions
concern the size of future kindergarten classes and the number of students who will move in or out of
the district’s schools. Some of these students may physically move in or out of the district. Other
students may transfer between the Edina Public Schools and other education options available to them.
Both these phenomena effect the “survival rates.”
Once a grade or cohort has been “aged” to the next higher grade, net migration is added to or
subtracted from that grade. Using survival rates accomplishes both “aging” and migration in a single
step. Over time, the size of a cohort will increase or decrease because of migration as its progresses
through the grades. For example, the 2008-09 kindergarten class had 492 members. This same cohort
has 586 members in Grade 10 in 2018-19.
The future size of kindergarten classes is especially important in long-term enrollment
projections because these students will be in school over the life of the projections. If a school census
exists, it is a resource for short-term kindergarten projections, i.e., a couple of years. However, school
censuses are notoriously inaccurate for children less than four years of age, in part, because the
preschool population is more mobile than the school age population.
To project kindergarten, the best theoretical approach, but the least practical, is to project
births based on the age of the female population. These birth projections then must be survived to age
five and then adjusted for migration to yield kindergarten projections. Determining the age of females
in a school district is the first challenge, and then many assumptions must be made, making this
approach impractical.
A simpler approach is to use resident births as a proxy for kindergarten five to six years later. Of
course, not every child born in the district will enter the district's kindergarten classes five to six years
later. However, some "district born" children who move out before enrolling in kindergarten will be
replaced by children born elsewhere who move in before entering kindergarten. If the number of "ins"
and "outs" are equal, the net effect is zero and the kindergarten class would be 100 percent of resident
births. However, no public-school system captures all the potential students. Some kindergarten
students attend private schools or are homeschooled. Others may attend a charter school or open
enroll at another district. Therefore, a public school's kindergarten to birth ratio is expected to be less
than 100 percent. If the ratio is 100 percent or higher, more preschool children are moving into the
district or open enrolling into the district (in migration) than leaving (out migration).
If births are used as a kindergarten proxy, kindergarten projections are available for only a few
years into the future. To extend kindergarten projections another five years, Edina Public Schools’
resident kindergarten will be projected based on the Minnesota State Demography Center’s projections
of Minnesota 0-year-olds.
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Resident Kindergarten Assumptions
After 1990, births fell in the U.S. and in Minnesota; however, from 2003 through 2007, births
increased and in 2007, U.S. births were higher than at any time since 1964. In 2008, 2009, 2010 and
2011, births fell in the U.S. and Minnesota. These declines are attributed to the poor economy.
Beginning in 2012, Minnesota resident births began to increase but they have not returned to the 2007
level. Further, 2016 Minnesota resident births were lower than births in 2014 and 2015.
As the history of resident births shows, from 2001 to 2016, resident births in Minnesota
increased by 3,129 or 4.7 percent. Resident births in Hennepin County increased 1.0 percent while
resident births in Suburban Hennepin County increased 6.9 percent. Resident births in Edina City
increased 2.7 percent.
About one-third (33 percent) of births occur between September 1 and December 31 every
year. Therefore, about two-thirds of those eligible for kindergarten were born 5 years earlier and one-
third were born 6 years earlier. Adjusting resident births to fit the school year will be referred to as the
kindergarten pool.
RESIDENT LIVE BIRTHS
Year
Minnesota
Hennepin
County
Suburban
Hennepin County
Edina
City
2001 66,617 16,327 9,729 449
2002 68,037 16,112 9,738 429
2003 70,053 16,440 9,941 461
2004 70,617 16,718 10,258 454
2005 70,950 16,348 10,101 442
2006 73,515 16,780 10,223 435
2007 73,675 16,848 10,532 484
2008 72,382 16,566 10,212 413
2009 70,617 16,334 10,017 431
2010 68,407 15,955 9,854 425
2011 68,416 15,943 9,894 458
2012 68,783 16,345 10,294 481
2013 69,183 16,584 10,468 486
2014 69,916 16,770 10,536 468
2015 69,835 16,829 10,626 534
2016 69,746 16,485 10,400 461
2017 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Suburban Hennepin County is Hennepin County minus Minneapolis City
Source: Minnesota Department of Health
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DISTRICT RESIDENT LIVE BIRTHS
SEPTEMBER 1 TO AUGUST 31
Year District
2003-2004 372
2004-2005 403
2005-2006 368
2006-2007 369
2007-2008 377
2008-2009 334
2009-2010 299
2010-2011 321
2011-2012 295
2012-2013 329
2013-2014 339
2014-2015 402
2015-2016 363
2016-2017 380
2017-2018 379
Source: Minnesota Department of Health
Upon special request, the Minnesota Department of Health will provide resident births by
address, so births can be geocoded to a school district’s boundaries. However, “out-of-wedlock” births
may be withheld because unmarried parents can choose whether to make birth information by address
public. This policy results in under reporting of births by address. Thus, using address data adds two
additional sources of annual fluctuation to resident births—the percentage of “out-of-wedlock” births
and the percentage of parents withholding reporting by address. Therefore, the advantage of an
additional year of data needs to be evaluated against the potential negative effects of these additional
sources of variability. Based on these limitations, Suburban Hennepin County resident live births will be
used as the proxy for Edina School District resident live births. However, none of the proxies for District
resident births is ideal.
The next table shows the Suburban Hennepin County kindergarten pool along with the
percentage the Edina Public Schools’ resident kindergarten was of the pool. Like many other
percentages, the ratio of resident kindergarten students to the pool fluctuates. Typically, a more stable
trend appears when rates are averaged. (Calculating an average of the kindergarten to birth ratio for
two or more years smooth out annual fluctuations and produces a more “typical” ratio for that period.)
As the percentages show, Edina Public Schools’ resident kindergarten share has increased
slightly in the past five to six years. The average of the ratios for the past six years is 4.94, the average of
the past five years is 4.93 and the average of the past four years is 4.96 percent. The average for the
past three years is 5.08 percent and the average of the past two years is 5.02 percent. The lowest ratio
was 4.60 percent, which occurred in 2011-12. Based on these numbers the average of the past four
years’ ratios (4.96 percent) will be used as the low kindergarten assumption and the average of the past
two years (5.02 percent) will be used as the high kindergarten assumption.
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EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS RESIDENT KINDERGARTEN
AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE SUBURBAN HENNEPIN COUNTY
KINDERGARTEN POOL
Birth Years
Kindergarten
Pool
Percentage
Kindergarten
Year
2002; 2003 9,874 4.98% 2008-09
2003; 2004 10,154 4.71% 2009-10
2004; 2005 10,153 4.99% 2010-11
2005; 2006 10,182 4.60% 2011-12
2006; 2007 10,430 4.62% 2012-13
2007; 2008 10,318 5.01% 2013-14
2008; 2009 10,081 4.82% 2014-15
2009; 2010 9,908 4.58% 2015-16
2010; 2011 9,881 5.21% 2016-17
2011; 2012 10,162 5.18% 2017-18
2012; 2013 10,411 4.86% 2018-19
2013; 2014 10,513 2019-20
2014; 2015 10,596 2020-21
2015; 2016 10,475 2021-22
2016; 2017 n.a. 2022-23
To extend kindergarten projections beyond 2021-22, projected Minnesota 0-year-olds will be
used as a guide. The number of resident births in 2016 is 403 births lower than the projected 0-year-
olds in 2016. Note that the projections of Minnesota 0-year-olds is essentially flat between 2016 and
2025. Even when extending the projections to 2050, the number of projected Minnesota 0-year-olds
rarely reaches 70,600. Statewide projections show births as “flat” for many years. Not every part of the
state will have no increase in births but places with increases will be exceptions.
PROJECTED MINNESOTA O-YEAR OLDS
Year Number
2016 Actual 69,746
2016 70,149
2017 70,312
2018 70,395
2019 70,373
2020 70,325
2021 70,274
2022 70,227
2023 70,191
2024 70,164
2025 70,164
Source: Minnesota Demographic Center
In the past sixteen years, Suburban Hennepin County resident births increased from 14.60
percent of Minnesota births to 14.91 percent of Minnesota births in 2016; however, the average of the
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past five years is 15.06 percent. If Suburban Hennepin County resident births are 15.06 percent of
Minnesota’s 0-year-olds for the next several years, the kindergarten pool would be as shown in the next
table. The projections show how “flat” these numbers are likely to be.
SUBURBAN HENNEPIN COUNTY
KINDERGARTEN POOL
2019-20 10,513
2020-21 10,596
2021-22 10,475
2022-23 10,527
2023-24 10,397
2024-25 10,599
2025-26 10,593
2026-27 10,586
2027-28 10,578
2028-29 10,573
Pool based on actual births bolded
When the kindergarten to birth ratio is applied to the kindergarten pool, kindergarten
projections result. Through 2021-22, the kindergarten projections are based on actual births. The
lowest kindergarten projection (based on the 4.96 percent ratio) results in 5,245 resident kindergarten
students over ten years while the highest kindergarten projection (5.02 percent ratio) yields 5,309
resident kindergarten students over ten years. This compares with 4,939 resident kindergarten students
over the past ten years. The last projection years will not have the same number of resident
kindergarten students every year as shown below, but resident kindergarten is likely to fluctuate around
these numbers.
RESIDENT KINDERGARTEN
PROJECTIONS
@4.96% @5.02%
2018-19 506 506
2019-20 522 528
2020-21 526 532
2021-22 526 532
2022-23 525 532
2023-24 525 531
2024-25 525 531
2025-26 524 531
2026-27 524 531
2027-28 524 531
2028-29 524 530
Total 5,245 5,309
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Resident Net Migration Assumptions
The method for calculating migration was explained earlier in this report. However, the
limitations of the methodology are worth repeating. The method of calculating migration does not
distinguish between physical movement across a district’s boundaries and education choices, such as
transferring from a nonpublic school to a public school, transferring to a charter school or open enrolling
in another district’s public schools. Further, students who move into or out of a school district but never
enroll in the district’s public schools are not reflected in the migration numbers in this report.
The next two tables show resident net migration in raw numbers. Except for the past year,
resident net migration has been positive every year. In the past five years, there was one large net in
migration year and the one year with net out migration. As the table shows, the large resident net out
migration this past year was concentrated in the transitions from Grade 8 to Grade 9 and from Grade 10
to Grade 11. There is also net out migration in the middle school grades. This net out migration occurs
at the same time there was an increase in Charter school students. (See page 6) Based on the grades
with net out migration, there may have been an increase in students attending District #287 as well.
The next table shows resident net migration for every grade transition. In the Edina Public
Schools, resident net migration is almost always positive between Kindergarten and Grade 1 and the
numbers tend to be large. Most years, there is also a large inflow between Grade 1 and Grade 2 as well.
This pattern suggests that families move into the District with children in these grades.
Unlike many other public schools, there is no consistent net inflow of residents at Grade 9, the
beginning of high school. This pattern suggests that once families decide on private schools, they stay
with that choice throughout their students’ K-12 years. Like many other Minnesota schools, there is
resident net out migration during the high school years when some students transfer to Alternative
Learning Centers or drop out of school.
RESIDENT NET MIGRATION
OCTOBER TO OCTOBER
08 to 09 09 to 10 10 to 11 11 to 12 12 to 13 13 to 14 14 to 15 15 to 16 16 to 17 17 to 18
K to 1 46 54 35 16 25 28 -4 30 36 0
1 to 2 2 30 12 20 25 3 28 48 17 0
2 to 3 15 35 4 6 10 9 18 19 -8 4
3 to 4 -4 27 9 5 2 18 -4 5 4 17
4 to 5 8 16 -2 5 15 5 0 26 -3 -6
5 to 6 -11 15 24 2 3 2 21 4 -4 12
6 to 7 8 28 4 5 4 8 23 0 -15 -18
7 to 8 -2 14 -12 -3 -1 8 2 -17 14 -13
8 to 9 23 14 -5 9 -4 -13 10 21 -1 -46
9 to 10 16 6 -1 11 2 -12 -15 -16 -11 -13
10 to 11 1 4 4 7 -17 -29 12 5 12 -31
11 to 12 4 -12 5 -6 10 -12 7 1 13 -6
Total 106 231 77 77 74 15 98 126 54 -100
Percent 1.6 3.4 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.2 1.4 1.8 0.7 -1.4
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The next table summarizes resident net migration by aggregating net migration by the
elementary grades (Kindergarten-Grade 5), the middle school grades (6-8) and the high school grades (9-
12). Resident net migration is positive at K-5 with most years posting large numbers. At the middle
school grades, resident net migration has been positive, except for the past three years. At the high
school grades, resident net migration is usually positive; however, this past year resident net out
migration was exceptionally large (96 resident students).
RESIDENT NET MIGRATION
OCTOBER TO OCTOBER
08 to 09 09 to 10 10 to 11 11 to 12 12 to 13 13 to 14 14 to 15 15 to 16 16 to 17 17 to 18
K-5 67 162 58 52 77 63 38 128 46 15
5-8 -5 57 11 13 2 18 46 -13 -5 -19
9-12 44 12 8 12 -5 -66 14 11 13 -96
Total 106 231 77 77 74 15 98 126 54 -100
Resident net migration numbers when compared to the number of resident students in a grade
result in the percent of students retained, that is, survival rates. Survival rates are an effective way to
analyze the number of students retained, added or lost each year at each grade. For example, 1.000
indicates no change or 100 percent of the grade progressed to the next highest grade. Any number over
1.000 reflects the percentage increase while a number below 1.000 reflects the percentage decrease.
For example, 0.98 indicates a -2 percent decrease.
RESIDENT SURVIVAL RATES
OCTOBER TO OCTOBER
08 to 09 09 to 10 10 to 11 11 to 12 12 to 13 13 to 14 14 to 15 15 to 16 16 to 17 17 to 18
K to 1 1.093 1.113 1.069 1.034 1.052 1.054 0.992 1.066 1.070 1.000
1 to 2 1.004 1.056 1.023 1.037 1.052 1.006 1.051 1.100 1.035 1.000
2 to 3 1.028 1.068 1.007 1.011 1.018 1.018 1.035 1.033 0.985 1.008
3 to 4 0.993 1.050 1.017 1.009 1.004 1.031 0.992 1.009 1.007 1.033
4 to 5 1.015 1.030 0.997 1.009 1.026 1.009 1.000 1.051 0.994 0.990
5 to 6 0.979 1.028 1.044 1.004 1.005 1.003 1.038 1.007 0.993 1.023
6 to 7 1.015 1.054 1.007 1.009 1.007 1.014 1.039 1.000 0.975 0.996
7 to 8 0.996 1.026 0.978 0.995 0.998 1.014 1.003 0.972 1.024 0.978
8 to 9 1.045 1.027 0.991 1.017 0.993 0.978 1.017 1.037 0.998 0.922
9 to 10 1.032 1.011 0.998 1.020 1.004 0.978 0.973 0.973 0.982 0.978
10 to 11 1.002 1.008 1.007 1.013 0.970 0.947 1.023 1.009 1.021 0.947
11 to 12 1.008 0.977 1.010 0.989 1.019 0.978 1.013 1.002 1.023 0.990
For the Edina Public Schools, resident survival rates are usually above 1.000. However, like
many other enrollment measures, survival rates fluctuate from year to year. Calculating an average of
two or more years is a way to smooth out these annual fluctuations. Survival rates were averaged for
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several different time periods (the past five years, the past four years, the past three years and the past
two years). The survival rate averages of the past five years and the past four years result in a 15-
student difference in ten years, while the average of the past three years is only 36 students lower than
the average of the past four years. Therefore, these three schedules of survival rates will result in
similar projections. The average of the past two years’ survival rates results in projections that are 400
students less than the other three sets of survival rates. This lower projection results from the weight
given to the past year in the average of the past two years. The average of the past two years seems like
an extreme assumption for a ten-year projection.
COMPARISON OF RESIDENT SURVIVAL RATES
AVERAGED
Grade Past 5 years Past 4 years Past 3 years Past 2 years
K to 1 1.036 1.032 1.045 1.035
1 to 2 1.038 1.047 1.045 1.018
2 to 3 1.016 1.015 1.009 0.997
3 to 4 1.014 1.010 1.016 1.020
4 to 5 1.009 1.009 1.012 0.992
5 to 6 1.013 1.015 1.008 1.008
6 to 7 1.005 1.003 0.990 0.986
7 to 8 0.998 0.994 0.991 1.001
8 to 9 0.990 0.994 0.986 0.960
9 to 10 0.977 0.977 0.978 0.980
10 to 11 0.989 1.000 0.992 0.984
11 to 12 1.001 1.007 1.005 1.007
COMPARISON OF RESIDENT SURVIVAL RATES
ON A
HYPOTHETICAL KINDERGARTEN CLASS OF
1,000
Grade Past 5 years Past 4 years
K 1,000 1,000
1 1,036 1,032
2 1,076 1,081
3 1,092 1,097
4 1,107 1,108
5 1,117 1,118
6 1,132 1,135
7 1,138 1,138
8 1,136 1,131
9 1,125 1,124
10 1,099 1,098
11 1,087 1,098
12 1,088 1,106
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A way to understand the differences between these survival rates is to calculate the effect of
each of the survival rates on a hypothetical kindergarten population of 1,000 students as it progresses
through the grades (13 years). As the next table shows, the averages of selected time periods result in
similar numbers by Grade 6 and Grade 9, but the numbers are different by Grade 12. The average of the
past four years will result in more high school students.
SUMMARY COMPARSIONS OF RESIDENT SURVIVAL RATES ON A
HYPOTHETICAL KINDERGARTEN CLASS OF 1,000
Survival
Rates
By Grade 6 By Grade 9 By Grade 12
# % # % # %
Past 5 years 1,132 13.2% 1,125 12.5% 1,088 8.8%
Past 4 years 1,135 13.5% 1,124 12.4% 1,106 10.6%
The next table shows the survival rates used in the projections.
PROJECTED RESIDENT SURVIVAL RATES
Grade
Low
(Past 5 years)
High
(Past 4 Years)
K to 1 1.036 1.032
1 to 2 1.038 1.047
2 to 3 1.016 1.015
3 to 4 1.014 1.010
4 to 5 1.009 1.009
5 to 6 1.013 1.015
6 to 7 1.005 1.003
7 to 8 0.998 0.994
8 to 9 0.990 0.994
9 to 10 0.977 0.977
10 to 11 0.989 1.000
11 to 12 1.001 1.007
Projection Results
The kindergarten and net migration assumptions are trend lines, which remove annual
fluctuations. However, the future, like the past, will be characterized by annual fluctuation, sometimes
large. Because there is no reasonable way to forecast when fluctuations around trend lines will occur, it
is arbitrary to project them. Furthermore, long-term projections are designed to approximate a future
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point in time not to yield the best projection for each intervening year between the present and the
projection end date. For this reason, long-term projections should not be used for annual budgeting
purposes. The district should continue to use its version of the cohort survival methodology for annual
enrollment projections.
Four cohort projections are shown in the next table. In ten years, there is a 106-student
difference between the lowest projection and the highest projection. The kindergarten assumptions
account for a 70 to 71 student difference in the ten years. The migration assumptions account for a 35
to 36 student difference in ten years. These numbers show that the kindergarten assumptions account
for more of the difference among the projections than the migration assumptions.
The lowest projection is based on the low kindergarten and low migration assumptions. In this
projection, resident enrollment increases by 282 students or 4.0 percent by 2028-29. In five years,
resident enrollment is 30 students or 0.4 percent higher than today. Note that resident enrollment
decreases until 2022-23.
The highest projection, based on the high kindergarten and high migration assumptions, shows
resident enrollment increasing by 388 students or 5.5 percent between 2018-19 and 2028-29. In five
years, resident enrollment increases by 112 students or 1.6 percent.
In between the highest and lowest resident projections are two other projections. In 2028-29,
these two projections differ by 35 students. As a group, the four resident projections reflect a range of
possibilities with all four projections showing resident enrollment increasing.
RESIDENT ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS
Year
Low K
Low Mig
Low K
High Mig
High K
Low Mig
High K
High Mig
2018-19 7,111 7,111 7,111 7,111
2019-20 7,089 7,104 7,095 7,110
2020-21 7,099 7,128 7,111 7,140
2021-22 7,083 7,119 7,102 7,138
2022-23 7,118 7,163 7,144 7,190
2023-24 7,141 7,190 7,174 7,223
2024-25 7,215 7,268 7,255 7,308
2025-26 7,271 7,321 7,319 7,369
2026-27 7,276 7,317 7,331 7,373
2027-28 7,322 7,359 7,386 7,422
2028-29 7,393 7,429 7,464 7,499
Excludes Early Childhood
The projections from 2018-19 to 2028-29 reflect the following changes in the components of
enrollment change. The Edina Public Schools will experience natural decrease, that is, the incoming
resident Kindergarten classes will be smaller than the previous years’ resident Grade 12. This is a
continuation of the pattern of the past ten years when natural decrease averaged 37 per year. In the
next ten years, natural decrease averages 13 to 24 per year in the low kindergarten projections and 7 to
18 per year in the high kindergarten projections. Natural decrease will be less severe than in the past.
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COMPONENTS OF PROJECTED RESIDENT ENROLLMENT CHANGE
Oct. to Oct.
2018 to 2028
Total
Natural
Increase/
Decrease
Net
Migration # %
Low K/Low Mig 282 4.0% -133 149
Low K/High Mig 318 4.5% -239 79
High K/Low Mig 353 5.0% -69 284
High K/High Mig 388 5.5% -175 213
Excludes Early Childhood
Net in migration continues throughout the projection period. The projections show resident net
in migration averaging 15 to 28 students per year in the low migration projections and 8 to 21 students
per year in the high migration projections. Net migration averaged 39 students per year in the past five
years but only 27 per year in the past three years. The migration assumptions put projected net
migration near that of the recent past.
Looking at the resident projections based on the elementary, middle school and high school
grades is instructive. All four projections show resident K-5 increasing in the next five and next ten
years. Note that the low migration assumption results in more resident K-5 students than the high
migration assumption. Resident K-5 enrollment is projected to increase by 139 to 201 students in the
next five years. For the first five projection years, the kindergarten students have already been born;
therefore, the different resident K-5 projections are largely the result of the different assumptions about
the percentage of the kindergarten pool attending the Edina Public Schools and the net migration
assumptions.
RESIDENT ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS
K-5 6-8 9-12 Total
2018-19 3,217 1,626 2,268 7,111
2023-24
Low K/Low Mig 3,385 1,659 2,097 7,141
Low K/High Mig 3,356 1,679 2,155 7,190
High K/Low Mig 3,418 1,659 2,097 7,174
High K/High Mig 3,389 1,679 2,155 7,223
2028-29
Low K/Low Mig 3,404 1,784 2,206 7,393
Low K/High Mig 3,374 1,789 2,266 7,429
High K/Low Mig 3,446 1,805 2,213 7,464
High K/High Mig 3,416 1,811 2,273 7,499
Excludes Early Childhood
In the first five projection years, resident middle school enrollment is 33 to 53 students higher
than today, that is, resident middle school enrollment is essentially flat. In the second five projection
years, middle school enrollment increases. In the second five projection years, the kindergarten
assumptions effect the middle school projections but in the first five years only the current grade size
and the migration assumptions are affecting the size of the middle school grades.
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Resident high school enrollment is projected to decrease 113 to 171 students in the first five
projection years. In the second five projection years, resident high school enrollment is below its
current level in the low migration assumption projections and at today’s numbers in the high migration
assumption projections. The high school projections are almost totally a result of the migration
assumptions. The kindergarten assumptions have only a small effect on the high school projections.
In 2028-29, the 2018-19 kindergarten class will be in Grade 10, which means that all the grades below
Grade 10 are products of the projection assumptions.
The cohort survival projections show enrollment increasing with the amount of growth varying
modestly, that is, by 106 resident students in ten years. The projected natural decrease depresses
resident enrollment growth.
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Housing Data
It could be said that housing stock is like DNA. It determines the size and characteristics of the
resident school age population.
After dwelling unit type, year built and market value emerge as the most important housing
characteristics. Year built reflects how families lived in that era and is a proxy for square feet and
characteristics such as number of bedrooms, number of bathrooms and number of garage spaces. The
presence of a master suite, walk-in closets, etc. can also be inferred from year built. Value implies some
of these same characteristics plus lot size, location and interior amenities such as kitchen and bathroom
appointments and finishes.
The relationship between housing unit characteristics and student enrollment and student
characteristics has been established by work in four states. Findings based on school districts in four
states (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Colorado) follow in italic. Remember that the yield measures
reflect Edina Public Schools’ resident students.
• Dwelling unit type affects the school age child per unit yield. Single-family detached units
have the highest school age child per unit yield. Single-family attached, such as townhouses,
have significantly fewer children per unit than single-family detached units, while apartment
units have even fewer school age children per unit, although there are some local exceptions.
Eighty-eight (88.0) percent of Edina Public Schools’ resident students live in single-family
detached units. Single-family detached units yield slightly more than half an Edina Public
Schools’ student (0.54) per unit. Apartment units are home to 8.4 percent of Edina Public
Schools’ resident students. The per unit apartment student yield is higher than typical. Note
the low per unit student yield for townhomes and condominium units.
EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
HOUSING TYPE BY STUDENT YIELD
Housing Type
Units*
K-12
Students
K-12
Yield
Single-Family Detached 11,643 6,253 0.54
Single-Family Attached** 372 46 0.12
Apartments 2,639 599 0.23
Duplex Units 310 88 0.28
Split Duplex 223 70 0.31
Condominium Units 1,690 53 0.03
Total 18,002 7,109 0.39
*As of June 30, 2018
**Townhomes
Source: Hennepin County Geographic Information System and District Student Information System
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• Newer single-family detached units yield more students per unit than older single-family
detached units.
Like most other school districts, the Edina Public Schools’ resident student per unit yield is
highest in the newest units, that is, in units built in 1980 or later (0.72). The student yields
from units built prior to 1980 decrease with the age of the unit.
EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENT STUDENT YIELD BY YEAR BUILT
Year Built
Units
Resident K-12
# Yield
1980 or Later 1,522 1,098 0.72
1960-79 3,526 1,945 0.55
1950-59 4,181 2,093 0.50
Pre 1950 2,414 1,117 0.46
Total 11,643 6,253 0.54
Source: Hennepin County Geographic Information System and District Student Information System
• As single-family detached units sell (turnover), student yield usually increases in the newer
units. In older units, yield is likely to decrease.
For the Edina Public Schools, newly built single-family detached units have a per unit
student yield of 0.75, a high yield, and well above the yield of existing units. Furthermore,
existing units that sold recently had a higher student yield (0.62) than units that did not sell
recently (0.52). Therefore, changes in the housing stock and the sale of units have a positive
effect on resident enrollment in the Edina Public Schools.
EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED UNITS
BY SALES STATUS
(Sold January 1, 2016—June 30, 2018)
Status Units K-12 Yield
New* 191 0.75
Existing (pre-2016)
Not Sold 10,055 0.52
Sold 1,397 0.62
Total 11,643 0.54
*Built January 1, 2016—June 30, 2018 Source: Hennepin County Geographic Information System and District Student Information System
• The market value of single-family detached units affects the school age child per unit yield.
Moderately priced to higher priced units yield more school age children than the lowest
priced units.
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The resident student yield is correlated with the value of the unit. Single-family detached
units valued at $750,000 or more have the highest per unit student yield (0.69) while units
valued at less than $300,000 have the lowest student yield per unit (0.23).
EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENT STUDENT YIELD BY
MARKET VALUE
Estimated
Market Value
Single-Family
Units
Resident K-12
# Yield
$750,000 or More 2,497 1,727 0.69
$500,000 -$749,999 3,439 2,034 0.59
$300,000 – $499,999 5,102 2,354 0.46
Less than $300,000 605 138 0.23
Total 11,643 6,253 0.54
Source: Hennepin County Geographic Information System and District Student Information System
• As the population ages, more dwelling units are being built for mature adults (55+ years) and
for seniors. These units will have zero school age children per unit.
Currently, 50 percent of the district’s single-family detached units contain at least one
person age 55 or older, while 31 percent of single-family detached units contain an Edina
Public Schools student.
Looking further at the age of at least one adult in single-family detached units shows that
3,252 (27.9 percent) have at least one person age 65 or above. Twelve (12.3) percent of
single-family units (1,435) have at least one person age 75 or above. Four (3.9) percent of
single-family detached units (453) have at least one person 85 years of age or above. These
percentages suggest that advanced age will have some effect on the turnover of single-
family housing units in the next ten years.
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOMES WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL K-12 STUDENTS
OR REGISTERED VOTERS AGE 55+
Attendance
Area
Single-Family
Detached
With K-12
Public School
Students
Percentage
with K-12
Public School
Students
With
Registered
Voter 55+
Percentage
with
Registered
Voter 55+
District-wide 11,643 3,597 31% 5,769 50%
Source: Hennepin County Geographic Information System and District Student Information System
• Different racial/ethnic groups and/or major language groups have different housing patterns by
unit type.
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EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
HOUSING TYPE BY RACE/ETHNICITY
Resident Students
Race/Ethnicity
Total
Single-Family
Detached
Single-Family
Attached
Apartments
Other*
# % # % # % # % # %
White 5,604 100% 5,337 95% 34 1% 134 2% 99 2%
Students of Color 1,505 100% 916 61% 12 1% 465 31% 112 7%
*Duplexes
Source: Hennepin County Geographic Information System and District Student Information System
Twenty-one percent of Edina Public Schools’ resident students are students of color. Among
students of color, 61 percent reside in single-family detached units while 31 percent reside in
apartment units. Among White resident students, 95 percent live in single-family detached
units and 12 percent live in apartment units.
EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENT YIELD BY LOCATION
City
Single-Family
Detached Homes
Median Value of
Single-Family
Detached Homes
K-12 Students
K-12 Student
Yield
Edina 11,643 $506,000 6,253 0.54
Source: Hennepin County Geographic Information System and Student Information System
PROJECTED NEW DEVELOPMENT FOR NEXT THREE YEARS
City
Single-Family
Detached
Condominium Units
Apartment Units
Edina 198* 70 523**
*Tear down, new build
** Units proposed not yet approved, and units approved not yet built
The relationship between school enrollment and housing units is complex because housing stock
does not provide many clues about the age of its inhabitants. Type of unit is very important for
enrollment projections. Units with an entrance from the outdoors yield more students than units where
the entrance is from a common interior hallway. Therefore, the single-family detached units and
townhomes yield more students per unit than apartments and condominium units. Single-family
detached units have the highest student yield per unit. Usually, duplexes have a higher per unit student
yield than townhomes, however, no duplexes are expected to be built.
The final table shows that in the Edina Public Schools, the per unit yield is higher for
resident 9-12 than in many other school districts. This supports the cohort survival finding of natural
decrease in the coming years.
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RESIDENT STUDENT YIELD BY DWELLING UNIT TYPE
Dwelling Type Number K-5 Yield 6-8 Yield 9-12 Yield
Single-Family Detached 11,643 0.24 0.12 0.17
Townhomes 372 0.08 0.02 0.03
Apartments 3,764 0.09 0.03 0.04
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CHAPTER 2
RESIDENT ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
AND ATTENDANCE AREAS
Projecting resident K-5 enrollment by school is fraught with potential errors because the
enrollment at any one school is small, which magnifies annual fluctuations in kindergarten class size and
net migration. For this reason, along with the brief time that existing students are part of the K-5
student body, projections will be made for five years rather than ten years. This chapter focuses on the
Edina Public Schools’ six elementary schools and the five elementary attendance areas. Normandale, a
French immersion school, is a district-wide school with no attendance area.
Past Trends
RESIDENT ENROLLMENT
GRADES K-5
School 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
Concord 627 595 600 627 631
Cornelia 488 481 510 501 502
Countryside 476 460 468 467 460
Creek Valley 500 496 502 486 501
Highlands 521 511 511 524 504
Normandale 594 598 603 621 619
Total 3,206 3,141 3,194 3,226 3,217
Enrollment by year reflects boundaries in effect that year
Resident K-5 enrollment is 11 students or 0.3 percent higher in 2018-19 than in 2014-15.
Despite this very modest increase, Normandale increased by 25 students and Cornelia grew by 14
students. Concord and Creek Valley had negligible growth. Countryside and Highlands experienced a
decrease in resident enrollment.
RESIDENT KINDERGARTEN
School 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
Concord 74 88 97 108 109
Cornelia 86 59 86 84 78
Countryside 78 58 79 69 65
Creek Valley 57 73 68 68 74
Highlands 86 72 77 89 72
Normandale 105 104 108 108 108
Total 486 454 515 526 506
The previous table shows a five-year history of resident kindergarten enrollment. The 2018-19,
resident kindergarten is 20 students larger than the 2014-15 resident kindergarten. During this time,
Concord and Creek Valley experienced large increases in their resident kindergarten classes. At
Highland, Countryside and Cornelia, resident kindergarten classes were smaller than in 2014-15.
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Since 2014-15, district-wide, resident K-5 net migration was positive every year. Resident K-5
net in migration was very large between fall 2015 and fall 2016 and very small between fall 2017 and fall
2018. Fluctuations from year to year are common and large swings are not unusual. However, it would
be helpful to know if any event is related to these swings.
RESIDENT NET MIGRATION
GRADES K-5
School
2013-14 to
2014-15
2014-15 to
2015-16
2015-16 to
2016-17
2016-17 to
2017-18
2017-18 to
2018-19
Concord -2 41 36 -2
Cornelia 12 35 -5 0
Countryside 6 4 13 8
Creek Valley 31 34 18 28
Highlands 2 18 -5 -11
Normandale -11 -4 -11 -8
Total 38 128 46 15
Resident K-5 Projections
Individual Elementary Schools
Individual school projections will be made using the cohort survival method. The advantage of
this method is that it begins by aging the student population. Therefore, any differences in grade size
are reflected in the projections when these classes leave elementary school. Further, this method is
sensitive to the number of births in the immediate past.
Kindergarten
The next table shows resident births by attendance area. While these data will not be used as a
basis for kindergarten projections because students do not always attend the school in their attendance
area, the data are informative. The birth data show that the number of resident births has increased
since 2014, although the number has fluctuated since.
RESIDENT BIRTHS
September 1-August 31
Attendance Area 2012; 2013 2013; 2014 2014; 2015 2015; 2016 2016; 2017 2017; 2018
Concord 78 94 119 94 99 112
Cornelia 112 93 124 104 95 104
Countryside 48 52 47 57 59 55
Creek Valley 53 48 62 62 78 66
Highlands 38 52 50 46 49 42
Normandale --- --- --- --- --- ---
Total 329 339 402 363 380 379
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RESIDENT KINDERGARTEN PROJECTIONS
Year Low High
2019-20 522 528
2020-21 526 532
2021-22 526 532
2022-23 525 532
2023-24 525 531
Kindergarten projections by school will be based on the district-wide high kindergarten
projections because in five years, the difference between the low and high kindergarten projections is
only 6 students. Distributed over six schools, this small difference does not warrant separate
projections based on the low kindergarten projections. The next table shows that some school’s
kindergarten shares fluctuated more than the shares of other schools. After analyzing several averages,
future kindergarten students will be allocated to individual schools based on the past two-years’ average
of each school’s kindergarten share with modifications to reflect the trends at specific schools. Further,
resident kindergarten was capped at Normandale at 108 resident students.
PERCENT OF RESIDENT KINDERGARTEN AT EACH SCHOOL
School 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2 yr. average Projection
Concord 15.2 19.4 18.8 20.6 21.6 21.1 21.3
Cornelia 17.7 13.0 16.7 16.0 15.4 15.7 15.4
Countryside 16.1 12.8 15.3 13.1 12.9 13.0 13.0
Creek Valley 11.7 16.0 13.2 12.9 14.6 13.8 14.2
Highlands 17.7 15.9 15.0 16.9 14.2 15.5 15.2
Normandale 21.6 22.9 21.0 20.5 21.3 20.9 20.4
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
The resident kindergarten projections show less annual fluctuation than the historical data.
Because there is no way to project annual fluctuations, a smooth trend is the only reasonable option.
However, future resident kindergarten classes by school will not be “constant” as shown in the next
table.
RESIDENT KINDERGARTEN PROJECTIONS BY SCHOOL
School 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24
Concord 109 112 113 113 113 113
Cornelia 78 83 84 84 84 83
Countryside 65 69 69 69 69 69
Creek Valley 74 75 76 76 76 76
Highlands 72 81 82 82 82 82
Normandale 108 108 108 108 108 108
Total 506 528 532 532 532 531
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Migration
Migration rates (survival rates) by school are based on the average of the past four years, which
is the same assumption used in the district-wide high migration assumption. By averaging the survival
rates, some of the year to year fluctuations are removed. Only one grade transition rate had to be
modified for Creek Valley due to an anomaly (outlier).
SURVIVAL RATES USED IN THE RESIDENT PROJECTIONS
School K to 1 1 to 2 2 to 3 3 to 4 4 to 5
Concord 1.063 1.055 1.038 1.033 1.023
Cornelia 1.071 1.073 0.984 1.008 1.010
Countryside 1.003 1.021 1.027 1.030 1.021
Creek Valley 1.067 1.070 1.058 1.043 1.070
Highlands 1.046 1.040 0.991 0.992 0.953
Normandale 0.974 0.993 1.002 0.972 0.974
Projection Results
The 2018-19 kindergarten will be in Grade 5 in 2023-24. Therefore, enrollment in the last
projection year is largely derived from the assumptions. This means that individual school projections
are heavily influenced by the kindergarten class size every year. A summary of the cohort survival
projections by school is shown in the next table and annual projections are in a following table.
(Background data are in the Appendix)
The sum of the individual schools’ resident kindergarten classes equals the district-wide high
resident kindergarten projection. Other grades, however, were not controlled to the district-wide total
for those grades. The kindergarten and migration assumptions are smoothed trend lines seeking to
approximate five years in the future, which means that any single year may differ from the projections.
In some years, enrollment may be higher than the projections while in other years it may be lower.
COHORT SURVIVAL METHOD PROJECTIONS BY SCHOOL
RESIDENT K-5
School
2018-19
2023-24
Change
# %
Concord 631 760 129 20.4%
Cornelia 502 549 47 9.4%
Countryside 460 428 -32 -7.0%
Creek Valley 501 530 29 5.8%
Highlands 504 505 1 0.2%
Normandale 619 623 4 0.6%
District-wide 3,217 3,389 172 5.3%
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Resident K-5 enrollment increases by 172 students or 5.3 percent in five years compared to
almost no change in the past five years. The largest enrollment increase is at Concord (129 students or
20.4 percent) while Cornelia increases by 9.4 percent and Creek Valley by 5.8 percent. The increases at
Highlands and Normandale are less than 1 percent. Countryside is projected to decrease. The amount
of change by school occurs for different reasons. For example, the large projected increase at Concord
is the result of very high net in migration (survival rates) at every grade transition. (See table with
survival rates on the previous page) Cornelia and Creek Valley have high survival rates at some grades.
Countryside’s decrease stems from a large Grade 5 in 2018-19 that ages out and is not replaced by a
similar size cohort. Resident enrollment at Highlands initially decreases slightly but then returns to its
current level. The cap on resident kindergarten and relatively stable survival rates results in “flat”
enrollment at Normandale.
COHORT SURVIVAL METHOD PROJECTIONS BY SCHOOL BY YEAR
RESIDENT K-5
HIGH KINDERGARTEN/HIGH MIGRATION
School 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24
Concord 631 664 695 724 736 760
Cornelia 502 512 518 547 547 549
Countryside 460 431 429 438 429 428
Creek Valley 501 498 515 510 522 530
Highlands 504 493 489 500 506 505
Normandale 619 614 618 623 626 623
Sum 3,217 3,212 3,264 3,342 3,366 3,395
District-wide 3,217 3,214 3,262 3,341 3,365 3,389
Difference 0 -2 2 1 1 6
Comparing the sum of the individual school projections to the district-wide high
kindergarten/high migration projection shows the individual school projections are a good fit with the
independently-made district-wide projections. The sum of the individual schools is only 6 students
higher than the high kindergarten/high migration projection in 2023-24. However, future enrollment at
individual elementary schools may differ from the projected enrollment for those schools for a couple of
reasons. Resident kindergarten may be different and migration (survival) rates may change.
Attendance Area Projections
Attendance area projections will be made using the housing starts method. These projections
show the potential of each attendance area to produce resident K-5 students. The housing starts
method shows the effect of new housing units and the sale of existing units.
Method
The Housing Occupancy and Enrollment Study for the Edina Public Schools provides resident K-5
yields for existing units and new units. Yield data for existing units are specific for recently sold units
and units that did not turnover.
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The housing starts method will be calculated as follows:
New Single-Family Detached Units X K-5 yield = Projected students (A)
Existing Single-Family Detached Units X Percent Sold Annually = Units with movers (new
residents) and units with non-movers (no change)
--Existing Single-Family Detached Units (not sold) X K-5 yield = Projected students (B)
--Existing Single-Family Detached Units (sold) X K-5 yield = Projected students (C)
Add Projected Students from A, B and C = Projected students from Single-Family Detached Units
Add Projected Students from Single-Family Detached Units to Projected Students from Non-
Single-Family Detached Units = K-5 Resident Students
The housing unit method produces reasonable results for school districts when enrollment is
stable or increasing. (The housing unit performs best when hay fields, corn fields or wheat fields are
converted into residential units in a rapidly growing district.) The method’s greatest weakness is its
inability to detect trends that signal enrollment decline. For school districts with declining enrollment,
the housing unit method is unreliable and over projects enrollment. As mentioned earlier, housing stock
doesn’t provide many clues about the age of the inhabitants, which is vital for school enrollment
projections. Further, the housing unit method doesn’t reflect existing differences in grade size or how
these differences will affect grade size in the future (natural increase/decrease). Projected smaller
kindergarten classes are not reflected either. When either of these factors is present, the housing unit
method cannot detect them because yield per unit remains at today’s level throughout the projection
period. This makes the housing unit method more “static” than the cohort survival method.
Another challenge with the housing unit method is the assumption surrounding new units. It is
often assumed that new units mean new residents to the district. Sometimes this is true, but
sometimes it is not. People also move within a school district. Even if the occupants of new housing
units are “new” to the district, they don’t necessarily translate into additional school enrollment
because the population in existing units is changing as well.
PROJECTED NEW SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED UNITS*
Attendance Area 2019 2020 2021 Total
Concord 30 30 30 90
Cornelia 2 2 2 6
Cornelia (North) 10 10 10 30
Countryside 9 9 9 27
Creek Valley 4 4 4 12
Highlands 6 6 6 18
Highlands (North) 5 5 5 15
District 66 66 66 198
*Tear down, new build
Source: City officials
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The previous table shows projected single-family detached units by attendance area. The
increase in new (tear down) single-family detached units of 198 in 36 months is like the past 30 months
when 191 new single-family detached units were erected (tear downs).
The next two tables show estimated annual sales of single-family detached units by attendance
area. The sales data are based on sales from January 1, 2016 through June 30, 2018. (The sales data are
for units built pre-2016.)
PERCENT OF EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY
DETACHED UNITS WITH TURNOVER
ANNUALLY
(January 1, 2016—June 30, 2018)
Attendance Area %
Concord 5.6%
Cornelia 4.8%
Cornelia (North) 6.8%
Countryside 5.6%
Creek Valley 4.8%
Highlands 5.2%
Highlands (North) 6.0%
District 5.2%
Annual sales based on a 30-month period
The North portions are not contiguous to the remainder of
their respective attendance area
The annual rate of sales by attendance area varies from 4.8 percent in the Cornelia and Creek
Valley attendance areas to 6.8 percent in the Cornelia (North) area, which is not contiguous to the
remainder of the Cornelia attendance area. District-wide the annual rate of sales in the 30-month
period was 5.2 percent.
K-5 RESIDENT STUDENT YIELD FROM SINGLE-FAMILY UNITS
Attendance Area
Existing Units
(Pre-2016)
New Units
(Jan. 2016 – June
2018))
Non-Movers
Movers
(New Residents)
# Yield # Yield # Yield
Concord 2,983 0.23 405 0.39 91 0.46
Cornelia 1,131 0.20 148 0.45 8 0.88
Cornelia (North) 496 0.21 84 0.36 17 0.06
Countryside 1,912 0.22 281 0.34 28 0.46
Creek Valley 2,223 0.19 300 0.41 12 0.50
Highlands 836 0.20 111 0.39 18 0.61
Highlands (North) 474 0.27 68 0.56 17 0.59
District 10,055 0.21 1,397 0.39 191 0.47
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As the above table shows, resident K-5 yield per single-family detached unit increases after a unit
is sold both district-wide and in every attendance area. Units that turned over have a significantly
higher resident student yield than those that did not. The yield from newly built units is even higher.
The sale of existing units and the construction of new units results in enrollment growth.
RESIDENT STUDENTS FROM OTHER
DWELLING UNIT TYPES*
2018-19
Attendance Area
K-5 Resident
Students
Concord 29
Cornelia 232
Cornelia (North) 8
Countryside 21
Creek Valley 118
Highlands 46
Highlands (North) 1
District 455
*Townhomes, Split Duplex, Condominium, Duplexes and
Apartments
Students also reside in non-single-family detached units. Rather than trying to project resident
students from non-single-family detached units, the 2018-19 student numbers will be used throughout
the projection period. This assumption has some weaknesses, but overall is less problematic than trying
to project students in these units.
HOUSING UNIT METHOD PROJECTIONS
RESIDENT K-5 EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENTS
BY ATTENDANCE AREA
2018-19
Attendance Area
Resident K-5 Students
Single-Family
Units
All Other Units
Total
Concord 875 29 904
Cornelia 432 240 672
Countryside 536 21 557
Creek Valley 548 118 666
Highlands 393 47 440
District-wide 2,784 455 3,239
Note that K-5 resident fall enrollment was 3,217 (not by address)
The housing unit method projections show the K-5 resident potential of current and projected
new units. With this method, the district total is the sum of the attendance area projections. In 2018-
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19, there were 3,239 resident K-5 students by address. Based on these data, there were 2,784 resident
K-5 students residing in single-family detached units with another 455 resident K-5 students living in
other unit types.
For 2021-22, the housing unit method projects an increase of 301 resident K-5 students living in
single-family units. Because the number of students from other unit types is projected to remain at the
2018-19 level, resident K-5 enrollment increases by 301 students. Although the 2021-22 projections do
not increase the number of resident students residing in other housing unit types, these units are likely
to yield more students in the future.
While the housing unit method projects 3,540 resident K-5 students in 2021-22, the high
kindergarten/high migration assumptions in the cohort survival method project resident K-5 enrollment
to be 3,341 or 199 fewer resident K-5 students than the housing unit method. The housing unit method
often overstates future enrollment. However, the housing unit method projections show that if the
rate of sales and tear downs continues at its current pace, resident K-5 enrollment could exceed the
cohort survival projections.
It is important to remember that the housing unit method projections: 1) do not recognize any
change in births/kindergarten, and 2) do not recognize the aging out of large elementary grades such as
occurs with the 2018-19 Grade 5 class at Countryside Elementary School.
HOUSING UNIT METHOD
RESIDENT K-5 EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENTS
BY ATTENDANCE AREA
2018-19 AND 2021-22
Attendance Area
2018-19 2021-22
Single-Family
Total
Single-Family
Total
Concord 875 904 968 997
Cornelia 432 672 481 721
Countryside 536 557 568 589
Creek Valley 548 666 620 738
Highlands 393 440 448 495
District-wide 2,784 3,239 3,085 3,540
School and Attendance Area Projections
It is very difficult to meaningfully compare the individual school cohort projections with the
attendance area projections because Normandale has no attendance area. Further, many residents do
not attend the elementary school in the attendance area where they live. The next table shows the
number and percentage of resident students attending the elementary school in their attendance area.
Highland attendance area residents are the most likely to attend the school (Highland) in their
attendance area (81.4 percent). Concord attendance area residents are the least likely to attend the
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school (Concord) in their attendance area (65.3 percent). Seventy-one to 73 percent of residents in the
remaining three attendance areas attend their “local” elementary school.
The next table shows resident students by attendance area and the school attended in 2018-19.
As these data show, many students attend an elementary school outside their attendance area of
residence.
EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
K-5 STUDENTS BY ATTENDANCE AREA AND BY SCHOOL ATTENDED
School
Attendance Area
Total Concord Cornelia Countryside Creek Valley Highland
Concord 590 24 4 3 9 630
Cornelia 9 490 7 5 1 512
Countryside 8 22 397 33 5 465
Creek Valley 7 4 11 474 6 502
Highland 52 32 30 35 358 507
Normandale 238 100 108 116 61 623
Total 904 672 557 666 440 3,239
% in Area 65.3% 72.9% 71.3% 71.2% 81.4% ---
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CHAPTER 3
ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS
The Edina Public Schools operate two middle schools. The following elementary schools "feed"
each of the following middle schools.
South View Middle School
• Concord
• Cornelia
• Highlands
Valley View Middle School
• Countryside
• Creek Valley
• Normandale
Past Trends
Prior to 2017-18 middle school included Grade 9. To understand enrollment in Grades 6 to 8,
the next table shows resident enrollment for those grades only. Since 2014-15, Grade 6-8 resident
enrollment decreased by 123 students or -7.0 percent.
ENROLLMENT
MIDDLE SCHOOL
School 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
Grades 6-8 only
South View MS 841 858 875 829 789
Valley View MS 908 911 897 878 837
District-wide 1,749 1,769 1,772 1,707 1,626
In 2017-18 and 2018-19 middle school was Grades 6-8, prior years included Grade 9
Individual Middle School Projections
Individual middle school projections will be made using the cohort survival method. Grade 5
from the respective feeder schools will flow into each middle school and survival rates will be applied for
each middle school grade progression.
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Grade 5
The independently projected Grade 5 from the respective feeder schools will be the starting
point for the middle school projections. As the next table shows, the number of 5th Graders decreases
by 24 students in the district-wide high kindergarten/high migration projection and by 22 students when
the individual schools are summed. Because the number of 5th Graders from the independently made
elementary school projections is so close to the district-wide projections, no adjustment will be made
when making the middle school projections. Therefore, the number of middle school students at each
middle school grade may vary slightly from the district-wide high kindergarten/high migration
projections.
GRADE 5 BY FEEDER SCHOOLS
School 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24
South View MS 279 284 249 301 294 297
Valley View MS 311 259 268 271 274 271
Sum 590 543 517 572 568 568
District-wide 590 544 515 570 570 566
Difference 0 -1 2 2 -2 2
Migration
The next table shows the survival rates used in the projections. The average of survival rates for
the past four years was used. This is the same assumption used in the district-wide high
kindergarten/high migration projections. Note the relatively low survival rate for the Grade 5 to Grade
6 transition for South View and the relatively high survival rate at this same grade transition for Valley
View.
PROJECTED SURVIVAL RATES
School 5 to 6 6 to 7 7 to 8
South View MS 0.969 0.985 0.986
Valley View MS 1.063 1.005 1.003
Projection Results
As the next table shows, the sum of the individual middle school projections is a good fit with
the district-wide resident high kindergarten/high migration projections. Note that while the total
middle school projections fit the district-wide projections, individual grades may not sum to the district-
wide projection for each grade.
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In five years, middle school resident enrollment will increase by 53 students district-wide. Both
middle schools will experience an increase in resident enrollment, but the increase is larger at Valley
View Middle School.
ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS
MIDDLE SCHOOLS
School 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24
South View MS 789 758 788 775 797 807
Valley View MS 837 898 898 895 852 868
Sum 1,626 1,656 1,686 1,670 1,649 1,675
District-wide 1,626 1,657 1,693 1,673 1,653 1,679
Difference 0 -1 -7 -3 -4 -4
COHORT SURVIVAL METHOD PROJECTIONS BY SCHOOL
School
2018-19
2023-24
Change
# %
South View MS 789 807 18 2.3%
Valley View MS 837 868 31 3.7%
Sum 1,626 1,675 49 3.0%
District-wide 1,626 1,679 53 3.3%
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CHAPTER 4
TOTAL ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS
Total enrollment in the Edina Public Schools will be the sum of resident enrollment and the
number of open enrolled students. This latter number is managed by the District.
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APPENDIX A
EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
CONCORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT HISTORY
Grade 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
K 74 88 97 108 109
1 96 78 98 113 99
2 92 92 93 103 115
3 109 101 94 96 103
4 138 103 101 104 104
5 118 133 117 103 101
Total 627 595 600 627 631
NET MIGRATION
Grade
Progression
2013-14 to
2015-16
2014-15 to
2015-16
2015-16 to
2016-17 2016-17 to
2017-18
2017-18 to
2018-19
K to 1 4 10 16 -9
1 to 2 -4 15 5 2
2 to 3 9 2 3 0
3 to 4 -6 0 10 8
4 to 5 -5 14 2 -3
Total -2 41 36 -2
SURVIVAL RATES
Grade
Progression
2013-14 to
2015-16
2014-15 to
2015-16
2015-16 to
2016-17 2016-17 to
2017-18
2017-18 to
2018-19
K to 1 1.054 1.114 1.165 0.917
1 to 2 0.958 1.192 1.051 1.018
2 to 3 1.098 1.022 1.032 1.000
3 to 4 0.945 1.000 1.106 1.082
4 to 5 0.964 1.136 1.020 0.971
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EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
CORNELIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT HISTORY
Grade 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
K 86 59 86 84 78
1 78 83 68 97 87
2 77 90 92 70 97
3 78 77 97 84 66
4 91 80 79 89 89
5 78 92 88 77 85
Total 488 481 510 501 502
NET MIGRATION
Grade
Progression
2013-14 to
2015-16
2014-15 to
2015-16
2015-16 to
2016-17 2016-17 to
2017-18
2017-18 to
2018-19
K to 1 -3 9 11 3
1 to 2 12 9 2 0
2 to 3 0 7 -8 -4
3 to 4 2 2 -8 5
4 to 5 1 8 -2 -4
Total 12 35 -5 0
SURVIVAL RATES
Grade
Progression
2013-14 to
2015-16
2014-15 to
2015-16
2015-16 to
2016-17 2016-17 to
2017-18
2017-18 to
2018-19
K to 1 0.965 1.153 1.128 1.036
1 to 2 1.154 1.108 1.029 1.000
2 to 3 1.000 1.078 0.913 0.943
3 to 4 1.026 1.026 0.918 1.060
4 to 5 1.011 1.100 0.975 0.955
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EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
COUNTRYSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT HISTORY
Grade 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
K 78 58 79 69 65
1 88 75 57 83 70
2 75 96 74 60 79
3 77 79 96 73 64
4 78 77 79 102 77
5 80 75 83 80 105
Total 476 460 468 467 460
NET MIGRATION
Grade
Progression
2013-14 to
2015-16
2014-15 to
2015-16
2015-16 to
2016-17 2016-17 to
2017-18
2017-18 to
2018-19
K to 1 -3 -1 4 1
1 to 2 8 -1 3 -4
2 to 3 4 0 1 4
3 to 4 0 0 6 4
4 to 5 -3 6 1 3
Total 6 4 13 8
SURVIVAL RATES
Grade
Progression
2013-14 to
2015-16
2014-15 to
2015-16
2015-16 to
2016-17 2016-17 to
2017-18
2017-18 to
2018-19
K to 1 0.962 0.983 1.051 1.014
1 to 2 1.091 0.987 1.053 0.952
2 to 3 1.053 1.000 0.986 1.067
3 to 4 1.000 1.000 1.063 1.055
4 to 5 0.962 1.078 1.013 1.029
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EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
CREEK VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT HISTORY
Grade 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
K 57 73 68 68 74
1 84 60 78 71 75
2 75 90 72 90 76
3 92 83 95 73 95
4 84 94 87 97 79
5 108 96 102 87 102
Total 500 496 502 486 501
NET MIGRATION
Grade
Progression
2013-14 to
2015-16
2014-15 to
2015-16
2015-16 to
2016-17 2016-17 to
2017-18
2017-18 to
2018-19
K to 1 3 5 3 7
1 to 2 6 12 12 5
2 to 3 8 5 1 5
3 to 4 2 4 2 6
4 to 5 12 8 0 5
Total 31 34 18 28
SURVIVAL RATES
Grade
Progression
2013-14 to
2015-16
2014-15 to
2015-16
2015-16 to
2016-17 2016-17 to
2017-18
2017-18 to
2018-19
K to 1 1.053 1.068 1.044 1.103
1 to 2 1.071 1.200 1.154 1.070
2 to 3 1.107 1.056 1.014 1.056
3 to 4 1.022 1.048 1.021 1.082
4 to 5 1.143 1.085 1.000 1.052
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EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT HISTORY
Grade 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
K 86 72 77 89 72
1 91 85 82 83 87
2 88 97 97 78 83
3 75 84 100 96 77
4 97 78 84 97 92
5 84 95 71 81 93
Total 521 511 511 524 504
NET MIGRATION
Grade
Progression
2013-14 to
2015-16
2014-15 to
2015-16
2015-16 to
2016-17 2016-17 to
2017-18
2017-18 to
2018-19
K to 1 -1 10 6 -2
1 to 2 6 12 -4 0
2 to 3 -4 3 -1 -1
3 to 4 3 0 -3 -4
4 to 5 -2 -7 -3 -4
Total 2 18 -5 -11
SURVIVAL RATES
Grade
Progression
2013-14 to
2015-16
2014-15 to
2015-16
2015-16 to
2016-17 2016-17 to
2017-18
2017-18 to
2018-19
K to 1 0.988 1.139 1.078 0.978
1 to 2 1.066 1.141 0.951 1.000
2 to 3 0.955 1.031 0.990 0.987
3 to 4 1.040 1.000 0.970 0.958
4 to 5 0.979 0.910 0.964 0.959
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EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
NORMANDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT HISTORY
Grade 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
K 105 104 108 108 108
1 108 101 101 104 108
2 103 108 102 100 101
3 87 104 110 100 100
4 102 82 103 107 98
5 89 99 79 102 104
Total 594 598 603 621 619
NET MIGRATION
Grade
Progression
2013-14 to
2015-16
2014-15 to
2015-16
2015-16 to
2016-17 2016-17 to
2017-18
2017-18 to
2018-19
K to 1 -4 -3 -4 0
1 to 2 0 1 -1 -3
2 to 3 1 2 -2 0
3 to 4 -5 -1 -3 -2
4 to 5 -3 -3 -1 -3
Total -11 -4 -11 -8
SURVIVAL RATES
Grade
Progression
2013-14 to
2015-16
2014-15 to
2015-16
2015-16 to
2016-17 2016-17 to
2017-18
2017-18 to
2018-19
K to 1 0.962 0.971 0.963 1.000
1 to 2 1.000 1.010 0.990 0.971
2 to 3 1.010 1.019 0.980 1.000
3 to 4 0.943 0.990 0.973 0.980
4 to 5 0.971 0.963 0.990 0.972
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EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
SOUTH VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT HISTORY
Grade 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
5 Feeders 280 320 276 261 279
6 275 279 312 257 254
7 295 289 279 297 241
8 271 290 284 275 294
9 264 296 290
Total 1,105 1,154 1,165 829 789
NET MIGRATION
Grade
Progression
2013-14 to
2015-16
2014-15 to
2015-16
2015-16 to
2016-17
2016-17 to
2017-18 2017-18 to
2018-19
5 to 6 -1 -8 -19 -7
6 to 7 14 0 -15 -16
7 to 8 -5 -5 -4 -3
8 to 9 25 0
Total 33 -13 -38 -26
SURVIVAL RATES
Grade
Progression
2013-14 to
2015-16
2014-15 to
2015-16
2015-16 to
2016-17
2016-17 to
2017-18 2017-18 to
2018-19
5 to 6 0.996 0.975 0.931 0.973
6 to 7 1.051 1.000 0.952 0.938
7 to 8 0.983 0.983 0.986 0.990
8 to 9 1.092 1.000
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EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
VALLEY VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT HISTORY
Grade 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
5 Feeders 277 270 264 269 311
6 319 299 282 279 288
7 277 328 299 282 277
8 312 284 316 317 272
9 302 297 305
Total 1,210 1,208 1,202 878 837
NET MIGRATION
Grade
Progression
2013-14 to
2015-16
2014-15 to
2015-16
2015-16 to
2016-17
2016-17 to
2017-18 2017-18 to
2018-19
5 to 6 22 12 15 19
6 to 7 9 0 0 -2
7 to 8 7 -12 18 -10
8 to 9 -15 21
Total 23 21 33 7
SURVIVAL RATES
Grade
Progression
2013-14 to
2015-16
2014-15 to
2015-16
2015-16 to
2016-17
2016-17 to
2017-18 2017-18 to
2018-19
5 to 6 1.079 1.044 1.057 1.071
6 to 7 1.028 1.000 1.000 0.993
7 to 8 1.025 0.963 1.060 0.965
8 to 9 0.952 1.074
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EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
OPEN ENROLLMENT 2017-18
OPEN ENROLLMENT IN
District of Residence Number
Minneapolis 411
Hopkins 227
Richfield 209
Bloomington 110
St. Louis Park 91
Eden Prairie 68
Robbinsdale 25
Burnsville 21
Minnetonka 15
St. Paul 14
Shakopee 12
Eastern Carver County 9
Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan 7
West St. Paul-Mendota Hts-Eagan 6
Prior Lake-Savage 6
Lakeville 4
Osseo 4
Brooklyn Center 4
Wayzata 3
Mounds View 2
Roseville 2
Tri-City United 2
Orono 1
Northfield 1
Chisago Lakes 1
Total 1,255
Source: Minnesota Department of Education
50
OPEN ENROLLMENT OUT
EDINA DISTRICT RESIDENTS
District Attending Number
Minnetonka 23
Hopkins 22
Minneapolis 15
Eden Prairie 15
Bloomington 14
Richfield 12
St. Louis Park 7
Houston 7
Eastern Carver 2
Robbinsdale 2
St. Paul 2
Mankato 1
Lakeville 1
Brooklyn Center 1
Park Rapids 1
South Washington County 1
Total 126
Source: Minnesota Department of Education