| Comparison Of E.L. Live Births To Kindergarten Enrollment | |||||||||||||
| Projecting Kindergarten from births: | |||||||||||||
| Actual Births | Actual Kindergarten | ||||||||||||
| B-YEAR | E.L.BIRTHS | K-YEAR | KINDERG. | % Increase | 2 Progression Factors: | ||||||||
| 1997 | 162 | 2002 |
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13% | Actuals: | ||||||||
| 1998 | 155 | 2003 | 174 | 12% | 5 year average | ||||||||
| 1999 | 133 | 2004 | 173 | 30% | of actual Kindergarten | ||||||||
| 2000 | 154 | 2005 | 176 | 14% | enrollments. | ||||||||
| 2001 | 132 | 2006 | 185 | 40% | |||||||||
| 5 YR AVE. | 147 | 178 | 22% | Low Proj. | Projections: | ||||||||
| Actual Births | Projected Ki | Actual births X | |||||||||||
| 2002 | 134 | 2007 | 163 | 22% | 5 year average increase. | ||||||||
| 2003 | 146 | 2008 | 178 | 22% | This is used in school | ||||||||
| 2004 | 161 | 2009 | 196 | 22% | districts showing aggressive growth. | ||||||||
| 2005 | n/a | n/a | 22% | ||||||||||
| 2006 | n/a | n/a | 22% | ||||||||||
| AVERG | 147 | 179 | High Proj | ||||||||||
| Results: | |||||||||||||
| Two different ways of predicting kindergarten enrollment. | |||||||||||||
| By using 2 ways, one can obtain "actual" and "projected" formula variables for predicting enrollments. | |||||||||||||
| For every 100 births in East Longmeadow, by the time they enroll in kindergarten (age 5) we | |||||||||||||
| enroll 117 kindergarten students due to town growth and migration. | |||||||||||||
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