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Profile: Public School District and Map History: Enrollment and Students per Residential Unit Profile: Municipality Private/Public Schools Comparative Enrollments Technical, Choice & Charter Schools
GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS
Population Growth: Area, County and State Population Growth: Constituent Municipalities 2010 Population by Age & Gender Pyramid Comparative Populations by Age Group Births: Annual Births by Municipality Births: Annual by School District
NEW HOUSING IMPACT Historic Residential Permitting Enrollment & Permitting Growth Comparisons Future Residential Permitting Public School Children from New Housing 1-5 Years Public School Children from New Housing 6-10 Years New Public School Children by School Assignment
METHODOLOGY Cohort Survival Projections Standard Methodology Presentation of Grade Level Cohort Survival by Year Housing Adjustment for Cranbury Township Births & 8th Grade Enrollments for Cranbury Township
ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS District Wide Enrollments by Year Comparison of District Wide Enrollment Adjustments Elementary Grade PK-5 Enrollments Middle School Grade 6-8 Enrollments High School Grade 8-12 Enrollments Comparative Enrollments by Grade Level Organization Community Park Elementary Johnson Park Elementary Littlebrook Elementary Riverside Elementary Comparative Elementary Kindergarten Enrollment Time In District: 1, 2, 3 Years; 1 Year by Grade Level Org 1 Year for Elementary Schools APPENDIX: Cohort Survival Worksheets; Princeton & Cranbury Residential Multipliers
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Executive Summary
The Methodology used in projecting enrollments is the recommended method of the New Jersey Department of Education and is known as “Cohort Survival” or “Grade Level Progression”. The Princeton School District has a student population of 3,671 stu-dents in 6 schools, organized as 4) Grade PK-5 Elementary Schools, 1) Grade 6-8 Middle School, and 1) Grade 9-12 High School. In a 10-year history, enrollment peaked at 3,684 students in 2008, decreased 332 stu-dents over 3 years to 3,339 and has since increase over 5 years to3,671, just 13 students less than the 2008 peak. The number of students per occupied housing unit has steadily decreased from .223 in year 2000 to .189 in year 2015. The single Municipality in the School District is known as Princeton with a borough form of government in Mercer County, NJ. ,that was estab-lished in its current form on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township. Private School enrollment runs approximately 16% at the Elementary level, 10% at the Middle School level, and 17% at the High School. Population Trends are such that the population decreased by 1,748 people (5.7%) from 32,230 in 2000 to 28,572 in 2010. However, the area population is estimated at a slight increase to 29,603 in 2015. Age & Gender Pyramids, with population counts in 5-year age group-ings, show Child Bearing Age groups to be comparably small; and that the Pre-school Age group is smaller in size than the 5-9 Age group. Population by Age Group from 2000 to 2010 reveals increases in all categories except Pre-School and Childbearing age. In particular, Childbearing Age lost 1,851 persons between 2000 and 2010. Births in the district have been generally declining since year 2007 with a high of 251 Births, to a year 2013 low of 174 Births. School Year Births, providing a better correlation to enrollments than Calendar Year Births, are used in this projection. Historic Residential permitting averaged 55 units during the period 2005-2012, and jumped to 538 units in 2013 before returning to a more normal 20 units in 2014. Year 2015 permits jumped again to 379 units followed by a more normal 24 units in 2016 evidencing recent volatility. Future Residential permitting includes 664 units at 8 developments in a mix of market rate and affordable housing that are to be occupied in a 5-year period of 2017 to 2021. 212 Public School Children (.280 per unit) will be generated by these 8 developments, of which 186 will attend the public schools. They are add-ed to the standard projection in the appropriate years and at the geo-graphically appropriate schools, and is noted as Modification #1 to a standard projection. An additional 120 Public School Children might be generated in the extended projection period from 2021-25 if the proposed 350-unit Butler Tract housing is brought to fruition. ii
The population in Princeton decreased 1,748 persons from 2000 to 2010.
The Childbearing Age group is compar-atively small and significantly decreas-ing between the 2000 and 2010 census. Live Births on a school year basis have been generally decreasing by 5 fewer birth per year, but increased in 2015.
In the 5-year projection period, 664 units of new housing will generate 186 Princeton Public School students. In the 6-10 year projection, the Butler Tract, with a possible 350 units, could generate an additional 120 public school students.
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The District-wide 5-year projection is for ±19 students around an average of 3,814 students.
The Elementary School projection is for a peak of 1,438 students next year de-creasing 67 students to 1,371 in year 2021.
Middle School enrollments continue to increase to a year 2021 level of 839 students, an increase of 77 students over the current enrollment.
Affordable Housing Allocations for Princeton have been recently been (re)ordered by the Courts. The final disposition is unclear, and their impact will be provided in an addendum. The Birth to Kindergarten Survival Ratio used in this projection is the average od the most recent 3 years rather than the standard 6 years. This is Modification #2 and is justified by the strong upward trend of the Ratio. Cranbury Township enrollments were also projected, including an ad-justment for new housing, and their decreasing 8th Grade enrollment is added to the Princeton projection before High School. This is a neces-sary Modification #3. District-wide Enrollment increased by 332 students in the historic pro-jection period to 3,671 students in 2016. In the projection period, the dis-trict enrollment will peak in 2017 at 3,836 students and then decrease to 3,806, that is 135 more students than the end of the historic period. Elementary School Enrollment for Grades K-5 increased 85 students in the historic period ending at a peak of 1,338 students in 2016. Enroll-ments in the projection period, will peak at 1,438 students in 2017 and then decrease to 1,371 at the end of the projection period. Middle School Enrollments, for Grades 6-8, increased by 43 students from a 2012 high of 738 to end the historic period at 762 students. Dur-ing the projection period, enrollments increase by 77 students. To a peri-od high of 839 students. Enrollments continue to increase in the extend-ed projection period. By year 2019, enrollments are exceeding capaci-ties. High School Enrollments for grades 9-12, increased by 204 students to 1,571 at the end of the historic period. During the projected period, en-rollments peak in 2018 at 1,656 and will then decrease to 1,596 in 2021. During the extended projection period enrollments will begin to increase again.
High School enrollments, that in-creased 204 students in the historic period, will peak at 1,656 students in 2018, an additional 85 students, and end the projection period at 1,596 in year 2021.
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Princeton Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Princeton, New Jersey. Students from Cranbury Township attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship. The district administration building is at 25 Valley Road in Princeton. As of the 2016-17 school year, the district's six schools had an enroll-ment of 3,671 students. Residents of Princeton University's housing complexes for graduate stu-dents with families, are zoned to the district.
Community Park Elementary 372 Witherspoon St Princeton, NJ 08540-3477 609-806-4230 J Witherspoon Middle School 217 Walnut Ln Princeton, NJ 08540-3484 609-806-4270 Johnson Park Elem. School 285 Rosedale Rd Princeton, NJ 08540-6705 609-806-4240 Littlebrook Elementary School 39 Magnolia Ln Princeton, NJ 08540-4013 609-806-4250 Princeton High School 151 Moore St Princeton, NJ 08540-3312 609-806-4280 Riverside Elementary School 58 Riverside Dr Princeton, NJ 08540-5425 609-806-4260
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Profile: School District Historic Data
The 10-year history of enrollments exhibits a peak in year 2008, the last year in which NJDOE reported student counts in then separate school districts. The District experienced a decrease over 3 years of 345 students to a low of 3339 students in year 2011. That decrease was followed by a 5-year increase of 332 students to a recent high of 3671 students in Octo-ber of year 2016. This study projects enrollments for a more accurate 5 years (2017-2021) and for a less accurate 6-10 years (2022-2027). The Cohort Survival method of enrollment projection is found to be within ±1% per year accu-racy.
2016 enrollments have risen to just 13 students less than 2008 peak enrollments.
The number of students per occupied housing unit has steadily decreased from .223 in year 2000 to .189 in year 2015.
Enrollments began to increase after year 2011, the first year of the 6 years of historic enrollments used in the pro-jection.
Used in the projection >
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Princeton Borough Municipal Demographics
Princeton is a municipality with a borough form of government in Mercer County, NJ that was established in its current form on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township. As of the 2010 United States Census, the municipality's population was 28,572, reflecting the former township's population of 16,265, along with the 12,307 in the former borough. Princeton was founded before the American Revolution and is best known as the location of Princeton University, located in the community since 1756. Although its association with the university is primarily what makes Princeton a college town, other important institutions in the area include the Institute for Advanced Study, Westminster Choir College, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton Theological Seminary, Opinion Research Corporation, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Siemens Corporate Research, SRI International, FMC Corporation, The Robert Wood John-son Foundation, Amrep, Church and Dwight, Berlitz International, and Dow Jones & Company. Princeton is roughly equidistant from New York City and Philadelphia. It is close to many major highways that serve both cities (e.g. Interstate 95 and US Route 1), and receives major television and radio broadcasts from each. It is also close to Trenton, New Jersey's capital city. The governor of New Jersey's official residence has been in Princeton since 1945, when Morven in the borough became the first Governor's mansion. It was later replaced by the larger Drumthwacket, a colonial mansion located in the former Township. Princeton was ranked 15th of the top 100 towns in the United States to Live and Work In by Money Magazine in 2005. Although residents of Princeton (Princetonians) traditionally have a strong community-wide identity, the community had been composed of two separate municipalities: a township and a borough. The central bor-ough was completely surrounded by the township. The Borough seceded from the Township in 1894 in a dispute over school taxes; the two munic-ipalities later formed the Princeton Public Schools, and some other public services were conducted together before they were reunited into a single Princeton in January 2013. The Borough and Township had roughly equal populations. According to the United States Census Bureau, Princeton has a total ar-ea of 18.363 square miles (68.041 km2), including 17.932 square miles (46.444 km2) of land (97.65%) and 0.431 square miles (1.115 km2) of water (2.35%).
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Public & Private Schools Comparative Enrollment 2010-14
The following data is an average of the period 2010-14 from the Ameri-can Community Survey 5-Year estimates. Kindergarten enrollment was at 85.4%public, approximately 3% less than the county and 0.7% more than the state. Elementary School (Grades 1-4) at 83.5% public is 5% less than the comparable county and about 6% less than the state public school enrollment levels. Middle School (Grade 5-8) at 95.1% public is about 7.3% more than the comparable county and 6% less than the state public school enroll-ments. High School (Grade 9-12) at 83.3% public is about 5.5% less than the comparable county and 1% less than the state public school enroll-ments. With a district-wide enrollment nearing 3,700 students, each 1% is the equivalent of 37 students or one to two classrooms.
SOURCE: American Community Survey 2010-14 found at http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservice
Private schools located in Princeton include The Lewis School of Prince-ton, Princeton Day School, Princeton Friends School, Hun School of Princeton, Ying Hua International School, and Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science (PRISMS). St. Paul Catholic School (pre-school to 8th grade) founded in 1878, is the oldest and only coeducational Catholic school, joining Princeton Acade-my of the Sacred Heart (K-8, all male) and Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart (coed for Pre-K, and all-female K-12), which operate under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton. Schools that are outside the town proper but have Princeton mailing ad-dresses include the American Boychoir School in Plainsboro Township, Chapin School, Princeton Junior School in Lawrence Township, the Wal-dorf School of Princeton (New Jersey's only Waldorf school), Princeton Montessori School in Montgomery Township, Eden Institute in West Windsor Township, and Princeton Latin Academy in Hopewell.
The private schools in the School District geographic area are having minimal impact on the enrollments. At-tendance therein is less than the County and State percentages; and no changes in Private School enrollment levels is anticipated.
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Technical, Choice and Charter Programs
Mercer County Technical Schools The Mercer County Vocational School District is a countywide vocational public school district based in Trenton, serving the high school-aged population of Mercer County. The district's programs are offered on a shared-time basis, whereby a student is enrolled in his/her home school for academic and other educational activities and then attends a tech-nical school on a half-day basis. The district's three schools had an en-rollment of 155 students at three locations; Assunpink Center in Trenton (grades 9-12; 108 students), Arthur R. Sypek Center in Pennington (10-12; 47) and the Health Careers Center in Hamilton Township. Choice Schools There is a single Choice District in Mercer County, in Pennington, which impact on the Princeton Schools is not changing. Charter Schools There are 8 Charter Schools in Mercer County, of which only the Prince-ton Charter School serves the Princeton School District. That Charter School has grown to a K-8 school with a stable enrollment just under 350 students. Students from the school go on to Princeton High School or one of several private schools in and around Princeton.
LEGEND Technical Choice Charter
No change in the trends for alternative education choices are documented.
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Population Growth Comparative SD Area, County and State
The school district had a peak population of 30,230 in year 2000 and decrease 1,658 persons by 2010. The district population was 28,572 persons, as of the US Census 2010, and is estimated to have grown to 29,603 in 2015.
The district population was 28,572 persons as of the US Census 2010.
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Population Growth Former Constituent Municipalities
Population in the former Borough peaked in year 2000 and continues to grow in the former Township as per the U S Census..
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2010 Population Age & Gender Pyramid
The Age & Gender Pyramid for the School District (combined municipali-ties) illustrates population counts in 5 year groups with Males on the left and Females on the right, as of the 2010 U S Census. Of particular interest in school demography is the size of the prime childbearing age groups between 20 and 39 years of age. The female counts in these groups are significantly reduced. except for the 20-24 age group that is heavily influenced by Graduate Students at the higher education institutions. Of very real importance is that the 10-14 age group is smaller than the 15-19 age group and the 5-9 age group is smaller than the 15-19, etc. Under 5 years is the smallest of all….indicating smaller and smaller future enrollments.
The under 5 age group was 68 persons smaller than the 5-9 age group.
Smaller Future Enrollments
Aging In Place
Graduate ˄ and Undergraduate Students ˄
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Comparative Population by Age Groups
Population by Age Group from 2000 to 2010 reveals changes in all cate-gories. Pre-School Age (0-4) decreased by 204 persons between 2000 and 2010 to original 1990 levels. School Age (5-17) increased by 64 persons between 2000 and 2010, following a much larger 1,292 person increase 10 years earlier. Childbearing Age (18-39) decreased by 1,851 between 2000 and 2010 following a 1,794 person increase in the prior decade, providing a poten-tial for fewer births than in the past. Middle Age (40-64) increased by 102 between 2000 and 2010, an indi-cation that the population is aging in place. Seniors (65+) increased by 231 persons between 2000 and 2010.
Over the 10-year period, 2000-2010, Pre-School counts decreased and School Age populations increased, but only slightly.
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Municipal Annual Births
Live Births in each contributing municipality are provided below. This data relative to assignment of Township or Borough may be inaccu-rate, due to confusing geographic assignments, while the combined total is accurate.
Combined Live Births in the area municipalities have been generally de-clining since year 2007 with a high of 251 Births, and a year 2013 low of 174 Births. The 6-year trend, is perhaps more indicative of recent levels of birth. The 6-year trend is for about a 6 fewer births every year.
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District Annual Births School Year
Births have been averaging 199 per year for the last 6 years paralleling the last 6 years of historic enrollment data on which the projection is based. The 6-year trend is for about 5 fewer births every year. However births could easily turn around and increase with an improved economy. It is for that reason that the Cohort Survival methodology is based on averages.
The number of babies born to families who reside in the district is a significant factor effecting enrollments. Birth counts from “5 years earlier” are used for the “Birth to Kindergarten” Survival Ratios in the standard Cohort Survival projection method. They are the starting point for all cohorts. Combined Live Births on a School Year basis correlate best with school enrollments. Calendar and School year births are compared in the first graph. School Year Births have been generally declining since year 2007 with a high of 253 Births, and a year 2013 low of 184 Births. The 6-year trend, is perhaps more indicative of recent levels of birth. The 6-year trend is for about 5 fewer births every year. However births could easily turn around and increase with an improved economy. It is for that reason that the Cohort Survival methodology is based on averages. The 6-year average is from the same years as the 6-years of historic enrollments that is the basis of the Cohort Survival projection used in this study. The 6-year average is 199 births per year.
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Residential Permitting by Municipality & Combined
Residential Permitting is significantly increased on a project basis in the recent past with comparably large developments permitted in 2013 and in 2015. More importantly, there are recently approved and constructed units that will impact the future enrollments.
It is of note that the average annual permitting level from 2005-12 is 55 units. Acknowledging the delay between permitting and construction and occu-pancy schedules, the impact of new students from the high 2015 level has just begun to impact the enrollments. Owner/Developers were con-sulted and provided current occupancy statistics for the relevant projects. As a result, occupied units as of September 1, 2016 are not included in the projection. However, the impact of all future units are included as per the build-out and occupancy schedules on page 14. Before moving on to the impact of new housing on enrollments, analysis of the correlation of new housing to enrollments is provided on the next page.
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Residential Permitting Impact on Enrollments
The above chart illustrates the relationship between the issuance of Building Permits and the change in enroll-ment one year later. For example in 2013, 538 Residential Building Permits were issued and one year later, that is in school year 2014-15, the District experienced an increase of 101 students. The bottom chart illustrates the relationship between the issuance of Building Permits and the change from the year 2003 enrollment of 3,553 students. For example in 2013, 538 Residential Building Permits were issued and one year later, that is in school year 2014-15, the District was only 113 students less than base year 2003, where it had been 214 students less in the prior year. There is a clear relationship between building permits and enrollment a year or two later. Both charts indicate that there is generally decreasing enrollments due to aging in place when Building Permits are below 100 units annually.
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Residential Permitting
Nearly all (95%) of the 127 units at Merwick Ph 1 were occupied at the start of the 2016-17 school and accounts for some of the current in-crease in enrollment. In 2017 an additional 506 units are to be occupied by the start of the next school year. The 8 unit IAS project is occupied in 2019. No other developments are planned until 2020-21 when the Princeton Housing Corporation has plans for 150 units of mixed housing; and 2022-23 when the University may be developing the 350-unit (est.) Butler Tract.
664 residential units, primarily multi-family, will be developed in the next 5 years. Schedules for occupancy were devel-oped in consultation with the Owner/Developer.
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Public School Age Children from New Housing
139 Public School Age Children (of 212 SAC) will be generated for 2017 by the 506 new residential units, and an additional 47 toward the end of the 5-year projection, for a total of 186 new students.
The units to be occupied in a given year are multiplied by a Unit Type and Bed-room count Multiplier from the Rutgers University study. 664 units will generate 186 public school children over the 5-year projection period.
SOURCE: The source for the Students per Unit Type Multipliers is Who Lives in New Jersey Housing, a Quick Guide to Residential Demographic Multipliers by the Center for Urban Policy Research of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rut-gers, The State University of New Jersey, as developed from the 2000 U. S. Census.
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Public School Age Children from New Housing in the Extended Projection Butler Tract
120 public school students might be generated by 350 units. 120 students is about 10 students per grade. Of the 120 students, 55 elementary students are assigned to Riverside ES over the years 2022 and 2023.
A possible 350 residential units at the Butler Tract might generate an additional 120 students in the 6-10 year period of Extended Projections.
University housing is proposed at the Butler Tract, but is not as yet identi-fied as to type and bedroom count. For purposes of this report a housing type mix similar to the Merwick-Stanworth projects was used.
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Public School Age Children Geographic Assignment to an Elementary School
186 + 120 (5 Yr. Projection plus 6-10 Year Extended projection) students from new housing will be distributed first across the District-wide projec-tion and then to the individual Elementary, Middle and High Schools. 31 new students are within the Littlebrook attendance area, 14 are at the elementary level. 58 new students are within the Johnson Park attendance area, 27 are at the elementary level. 94 new students are within the Community Park attendance area, 43 are at the elementary level. 4 + 120 (projection + extended) new students are within the Riverside attendance area, 2 + 55 are at the elementary level. 43 + 28 new students are added at the Middle School. 57 + 37 new students are added at the High School level.
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Cohort Survival Methodology An Introduction
Cohort Survival is the name given to the method of projecting enrollments which is recommended by the New Jersey Department of Education. The most important terms, concepts and methodology are illustrated herein. Cohort Survival projections are based on historic enrollment and birth data in the school district and incorporate six years of demographic data. They are considered very reliable where trends are expected to continue, without significant change in housing or curriculum. Cohort is the name given to the common groups of children originally born in a given year and progressing, together, through the school system, one grade level to the next. Survival Ratios refer to the number of students from one year and grade level who “survive to” or enter the next grade level the following year. For example, in the sample partial table in the side bar, historic enrollments show 200 students in 1st Grade in year 2015-16, following a 202 student Kindergarten in year 2014-15. This yields a Kindergarten to First Grade Survival Ratio of .990 (or 200 ÷ 200). Another expression of the Survival Ratio would be that 99% of the Kindergarten students “survived” to 1st Grade. Similar calculations are made for “survival” from Births Five Years Earlier to Kindergarten, and for each and every grade level transition in each and every year of historical enrollments which are used. In general, six years of historic data will yield five Survival Ratios for each grade level change, Birth to K, K to 1, Grade 1 to Grade 2, etc. The Average Survival Ratio is then calculated for each grade level change. In the side-bar example 1.034 is the 6-year average Kindergar-ten to Grade 1 ratio and 1.067 is the 6-year Grade 1 to Grade 2 Survival Ratio. The projections use the current school year 2016-17 enrollments, at the bottom of the Historic chart, as a base year. The Averaged Cohort Survival Ratios are applied to those base year enrollments and to the actual and estimated births, and projected into the next year, one grade level higher. In the side-bar example 184 Kindergarten students in 2017-18 survive at a rate of 1.034 as a 2018-19 First Grade of 191students. This similar projection is made across all grade levels for a 5-year period. Finally, the individual grade level enrollment projections are summed across each year to determine district-wide enrollments in that year.
Enrollment projections have been made using the Cohort Survival method.
Historic Enrollments
Princeton Public
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Projected Enrollments
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Cohort Survival Ratios
The B:K Cohort Survival Ratio is one of 3 adjustments to standard methods that is made in the report. It is based on 3 years of history rather than the standard 6 years due to the significant upward trend. Green bars indicate positive growth (more than 100% survive) and red bars indicate decreases (less than 100% survival) in any given year.
Princeton Public
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Under current trends, the 2012-13 entering Kindergarten class of 180 students will survive as a graduating Grade 12 class of 418 students in 2025.
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Cranbury Township New Housing & Students
Cranbury Township maintains a Send-Receive relationship with Prince-ton Schools, and send their Grade 9-12 students to Princeton High School. In order to include those students in the analysis, a separate Cohort Survival enrollment projection is made for their Kindergarten to Grade 8 students, and it, like Princeton is adjusted for new housing.
Four residential developments of 176 multi-family units will generate 42 public school children in 2017 and 2018.
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Cranbury Township 8th Grade to Princeton
Live Births in Cranbury have been decreasing since a high of 49 Births in year 2007. The current 6-year trend is for 11 fewer births each year. However, the 6-year average Births of 207 will be used for "Births Five years Earlier" for School year 2020-21 and forward in the Cranbury projection.
The Cohort Survival enrollment projection (see Appendix), modified for new housing, indicates a declining 8th Grade of 6 fewer students per year.
On the Princeton Enrollment Projection worksheet (also in the Appendix), the Cranbury 8th Grade is introduced after the Princeton 8th Grade (see illustration in the sidebar) and they are added together to calculate the “combined” 8th Grade to 9th Grade Survival Ratio.
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District-Wide Enrollment
During the projected period, enrollments will increase 3.5% by 130 stu-dents to a period end of 3,801 students in year 2021. District period enrollments will peak in year 2017 at 3,836. During the extended projection period, enrollments will increase to a period high of 3,937 students in year 2024.
During the historic period, district-wide enrollments increased 9.9% with a period peak in year 2016, with a count of 3,671 students, and with a low of 3,339 in year 2011 at the beginning of the historic period. The historic period ended 332 students more than at the start of the period.
The District averaged 3,486 students in the historic period, and will average 3,814 in the projection period and 3,909 in the extended projection period. 186 students are added to the projection period from new housing, and 120 stu-dents are added to the extended projec-tion period. These students are shown in blue on the table.
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District-Wide Enrollment Comparisons of the 3 Adjustments to the Standard Method
This graph and table document the impact of the two most significant modifications to the standard projection, the impact of new housing and the use of a 3-year Birth to Kindergarten Survival Ratio. The blue line on the graph indicate the stand alone levels of enrollments 1) if there were not 664 units of new housing, and the green line indi-cates a fully standard projection without 1) new housing or 2) if the Birth to Kindergarten Survival Ratio was not adjusted from a 6-year average to a 3-year average.
Projection Period
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Elementary Schools PreKindergarten-Grade 5
Elementary level students are educated in four Grade K to 5 Elementary Schools. Grades K to 5 enrollments increased from a 2011 count of 1,253 to a high of 1,338 students in the historic period, with growth of 85 students. In the projection period, K-Grade 5 enrollments increase to a year 2017 high and then decrease to 1,371 students at the end of the projection period in year 2021, and to 1,363 at the end of the extended projection period...all higher than the historic period.
A year-to-year breakdown by grade level is as follows;
Increased Elementary level enrollments averaged 1,279 students in the historic period, but will average 1,401 students in the projection period, and will average 1,372 students in the extended projec-tion period. All enrollments are below the FES (Facilities Efficiency Standard) and DP (District Practice) Capacities. 86 students from new housing are added in the projection period and 55 are added in the extended projection at the elemen-tary level.
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Middle School Grades 6-8
Middle School enrollments which averaged 723 students in the historic period, will increase to an average of 783 students in the projection period, before increasing to an average of 834 students in the extended projection period. Enrollments exceed Capacities after year 2018. 43 students from new housing are added in the projection period and 28 are added in the extended projection at the middle school level.
Middle school students attend one school serving Grades 6, 7 and 8. During the historic period, middle school enrollments fluctuated ending the period at 762 students, an increase of 43 students.
During the projected period, enrollments increase by an additional 77 students to 839. During the extended projection period, enrollments peak at 884 students before decreasing to 782 students in year 2026, 5 stu-dents more than the current enrollment. A year-to-year breakdown by grade level is as follows;
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High School Enrollment Grade 9-12
High School students are educated in one school for Grades 9 to 12. During the historic period, high school enrollments increased, from a low of 1,367 to 1,571 students, ending the period with a gain of 204 students.
During the projected period, enrollments will peak at 1,656 students in 2018-19, before decreasing to 1,596 at the end of the period. During the extended projection period enrollments will increase by 140 students.to 1,774 students in year 2025, before decreasing to 1,735 in year 2026. A year-to-year breakdown by grade level is as follows;
Increasing High School enrollments which averaged 1,485 students in the historic period, will average 1,630 students in the projec-tion period, before increasing to an average of 1,703 students in the extended projection period. Enrollments exceed Capacities in all future years 57 students from new housing are added in the projection period and 37 are added in the extended projec-tion at the high school level.
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Comparative Enrollments by Grade Level Organization
Grade PK-5 enrollments will peak at 1,438 students in year 2017 before stabilizing. Grades 6-8 enrollments will peak at 884 students in 2022 at the begin-ning of the extended projection. Grades 9-12 enrollments will peak at 1,656 in 2018 during the 5-year projection period and at 1,774 student in 2025 in the less accurate extended projection period..
PK-Gr 5 enrollments peak in 2017. Gr 6-8 enrollments will peak in 2022-23. Gr 9-12 enrollments will peak in 2018 and again in 2025.
Historic Projected
1,774
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Elementary Enrollments Community Park ES
Historic K to Grade 5 enrollments at the Community Park School have been recently increasing. The historic period increased to a peak of 367 in year 2016, a gain of 62 students. The projected period increases to a peak 414 in year 2017 before de-creasing in both the projection and extended periods.
A year-to-year breakdown by grade level is as follows;
Berkeley enrollments averaged 318 stu-dents in the historic period, will average 396 students in the projection period, and will average 336 students in the extended projection period. 43 students from new housing are added in the projection period. Enrollments exceed FES Capacity in 2017 and 2018.
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Elementary Enrollments Johnson Park ES
Grade K-5 enrollments at the Johnson Park School were fairly stable in the historic period. Enrollments will peak at 386 students in year 2017 and then decrease to 305 students in year 2023, in the extended projection period.
Johnson Park enrollments average 349 students in the historic period, 347 in the projection period and 309 in the extended period. 27 students from new housing are add-ed in the projection period. Enrollments exceed FES Capacity in 2017.
A year-to-year breakdown by grade level is as follows;
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Elementary Enrollments Littlebrook ES
Historic Littlebrook ES enrollments peaked at 352 students in 2014 and decreased to 322 by the end of the period. Enrollments will continue to decrease in both the projection and extended periods.
A year-to-year breakdown by grade level is as follows;
Littlebrook ES enrollments average 352 students in the historic period, 307 in the projection period and 295 in the extended period. 14 students from new housing are add-ed in the projection period. Enrollments do not exceed Capacities.
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Elementary Enrollments Riverside ES
Historic Grade K-5 enrollments peaked in year 2016 at 292 students, an increase of 37 students from the beginning of the period. The projected period decreases by 22 students. Extended projections increase by 10 students.
A year-to-year breakdown by grade level is as follows;
Riverside ES enrollments average 286 students in the historic period, 272 in the projection period and 297 in the extended period. 2 students from new housing are added in the projection period, and 55 are add-ed in the extended period. Enrollments do not exceed Capacities in any years.
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Elementary Enrollments Comparative
A year-to-year breakdown is as follows;
Enrollments in Community Park and Johnson Park Schools peak next year in 2017-18. Enrollments in Littlebrook peaked in the historic period. Enrollments in Riverside peak in the extended projection due to the But-ler Tract housing, but would otherwise have peaked in 2016.
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Kindergarten Enrollment
It is worth noting that Kindergarten enrollment increased from 2015 to 2016 in Community Park and Riverside Schools and decreased in John-son Park and Littlebrook.
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Time In District
Over the 6-year historic period, increases were made in student counts for In-District 3+ years and In District 1 year or less. Readers should bear in mind that the PK and Kindergarten counts are included and, for example, totaled 271 of the 2016 count of 688 students in the District for 1 year or less.
Time In District is most volatile in the Elementary grades. Year 2016 ele-mentary count for In District <1 Year was 111 students higher than in 2015 and
Over the 6-year historic period, between 52.9% and 56.8% of students were In District 3 years or more.
The year 2016 count of 397 elementary students in the District one year or less is 30% of the total elementary count of 1,338 students. Approximately 7.5% are PreK and Kindergarten students.
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Time In District
Community Park has experienced the largest increases in “In District One Year or less” counts during the historic period moving from 71 students to 126 students. All elementary schools saw significant increases from October 2015 to October 2016.
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Appendix:
COHORT SURVIVAL WORKSHEETS A: PRINCETON Standard Methodology Adjusted for New Housing B: CRANBURY Standard Methodology Adjusted for New Housing C. RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLIERS
DISTRICT NAME:
COUNTY:
Enrollments are from NJSmart Oct reports"s" = survival rate
School 5 Sch Yrs. K Gr. Gr. Gr. Gr. Gr. Subt. SCSE Total SCSE 3 yrs. 4yrs. Total Gr. Gr. Gr. Subt. SCSE Total 8th Gr Gr. Gr. Gr. Gr. Subt. SCSE Total Subt. Subt. Total Total
6 Yr Average 0.854 % Pop % 1Yr 3&4YO % 1Yr 4YO % Pop % Pop3 Yr Avg SR 0.956 1.034 1.067 0.963 1.039 1.043 2 Yr 3.16% 6% 16% 1.039 1.072 1.051 2 Yr 3.91% 1.204 1.047 1.004 0.979 1 Yr 0.83%
KEY to Number Colors The above information is prepared and certified by a qualified demographer.
99 Standard number with no modifications to methodology
99 Provisional, but uncertified births from the PA Department of Health Firm Name: Sundance Associates 117 Greenvale Ct. Cherry Hill NJ 08034
99 Births projected as an average of the prior 6 years, including provisional data…and projected students resulting from this "less accurate" average Name:
99 Students per Grade Level added for residential development 99 Cumulative number of special education students to be brought back in-district, included in the count below it Signature:
6-10 YR PROJECTIONS NOT CONSIDERED RELIABLE 0 1.047 1.004 0.979
Enrollments are from NJSmart Oct reports"s" = survival rate
Births 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th K-5 K-5 PK PK PK PK-5 6th 7th 8th 6-8 6-8 Cranbury 9th 10th 11th 12th 9–12 9-12 PK K-12 K-12 PK-12School 5 Yrs. K Gr. Gr. Gr. Gr. Gr. Subt. SCSE Total SCSE 3 yrs. 4yrs. Total Gr. Gr. Gr. Subt. SCSE Total 8th Gr Gr. Gr. Gr. Gr. Subt. SCSE Total Subt. Subt. Total TotalYear Ago "s" "s" "s" "s" "s" "s" (excl. PK) "s" "s" "s" "s" "s" "s" "s" excl. SCSEw/ SCSE
5-YR PROJECTIONS PLUS NEW HOUSING Cum Yr Add+ Resid 11 11 11 11 11 11 64 11 11 11 32 11 11 11 11 43 139 139
KEY to Number Colors The above information is prepared and certified by a qualified demographer.
99 Standard number with no modifications to methodology
99 Provisional, but uncertified births from the NJ Department of Health & Senior Services Firm Name: Sundance Associates 117 Greenvale Ct. Cherry Hill NJ 08034
99 Births projected as an average of the prior 6 years, including provisional data…and projected students resulting
from this "less accurat" average Name:99 Students per Grade Level added for residential development
99 Cumulative number of special education students to be brought back in-district, included in the count below it Signature:
School 5 Sch Yrs. K Gr. Gr. Gr. Gr. Gr. Subt. SCSE Total SCSE 3 yrs. 4yrs. Total Gr. Gr. Gr. Subt. SCSE Total Gr. Gr. Gr. Gr. Subt. SCSE Total Subt. Subt. Total Total
6 Yr Average 0.971 % Pop % 1Yr 3&4YO % 1Yr 4YO % Pop % Pop3 Yr Avg SR 1.071 1.058 1.064 1.022 1.031 1.066 2 Yr 0.57% 0% 0% 1.036 1.010 0.986 2 Yr 0.00% 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 1 Yr
KEY to Number Colors The above information is prepared and certified by a qualified demographer.
99 Standard number with no modifications to methodology
99 Provisional, but uncertified births from the PA Department of Health Firm Name: Sundance Associates 117 Greenvale Ct. Cherry Hill NJ 08034
99 Births projected as an average of the prior 6 years, including provisional data…and projected students resulting from this "less accurate" average Name:
99 Students per Grade Level added for residential development 99 Cumulative number of special education students to be brought back in-district, included in the count below it Signature:
6-10 YR PROJECTIONS NOT CONSIDERED RELIABLE 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000
School 5 Yrs. K Gr. Gr. Gr. Gr. Gr. Subt. SCSE Total SCSE 3 yrs. 4yrs. Total Gr. Gr. Gr. Subt. SCSE Total Gr. Gr. Gr. Gr. Subt. SCSE Total Subt. Subt. Total TotalYear Ago "s" "s" "s" "s" "s" "s" (excl. PK) "s" "s" "s" "s" "s" "s" "s" excl. SCSE w/ SCSE
5-YR PROJECTIONS PLUS NEW HOUSING Cum Yr Add+ Resid 2 2 2 2 2 2 10 0 2 2 2 5 0 2 2 2 2 7 0 21 21
New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (NJDCA)Office of Smart Growth
New Jersey Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NJ–NAIOP)
Northern New Jersey District Council of the Urban Land Institute (ULI)
with additional funding from:
New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC)
NOVEMBER 2006
Center for Urban Policy ResearchEdward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyNew Brunswick, New Jersey
New Jersey Demographic Multipliers—
The Profile of Occupants of Residential andNonresidential Development
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TABLE II-D-2 CENTRAL REGION OF NEW JERSEY
SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN (SAC)
GRADESTRUCTURE TYPE/
BEDROOMS/ VALUE /TENURE
TOTAL SAC
Elementary (K-6)
Junior High School
(7-9) High School
(10-12)
Single-Family Detached, 2-3 BR All Values 0.367 0.231 0.077 0.059
Below Median $308,935 0.341 0.223 0.061 0.056 Above Median $308,935 0.402 0.241 0.099 0.062
Single-Family Detached, 4-5 BR All Values 1.094 0.706 0.224 0.164
Below Median $576,679 1.050 0.682 0.215 0.154 Above Median $576,679 1.177 0.752 0.242 0.183
Single-Family Attached, 2-3 BR All Values 0.292 0.177 0.078 0.037
Below Median $267,744 0.340 0.199 0.099 0.042 Above Median $267,744 0.214 0.142 0.045 0.028
Single-Family Attached, 4-5 BR All Values 1.210 0.868 0.170 0.172
Below Median $308,935 1.341 1.094 0.135 0.112 Above Median $308,935 1.056 0.601 0.212 0.243
5+ Units (Own/Rent), 0-1 BR All Values 0.064 0.042 0.014 0.008
Below Median $131,483 0.051 0.020 0.021 0.010 Above Median $131,483 0.077 0.064 0.006 0.007
5+ Units (Own/Rent), 2-3 BR All Values 0.373 0.262 0.056 0.055
Below Median $185,361 0.406 0.303 0.063 0.041 Above Median $185,361 0.330 0.210 0.047 0.073
2-4 Units, 0-1 BR All Values 0.276 0.182 0.045 0.050
Below Median $128,187 0.241 0.142 0.038 0.061 Above Median $128,187 0.312 0.222 0.052 0.039
2-4 Units, 2-3 BR All Values 0.405 0.252 0.074 0.079
Below Median $185,361 0.542 0.373 0.053 0.116 Above Median $185,361 0.233 0.100 0.100 0.033
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TABLE II-D-3 CENTRAL REGION OF NEW JERSEY PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN (PSC)
PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADESTRUCTURE TYPE/
BEDROOMS/ VALUE /TENURE
TOTAL PSC
Elementary (K-6)
Junior High School
(7-9) High School
(10-12)
Single-Family Detached, 2-3 BR All Values 0.304 0.181 0.071 0.052
Below Median $308,935 0.282 0.173 0.058 0.051 Above Median $308,935 0.333 0.191 0.089 0.053
Single-Family Detached, 4-5 BR All Values 0.902 0.573 0.189 0.140
Below Median $576,679 0.885 0.562 0.188 0.135 Above Median $576,679 0.933 0.594 0.189 0.150
Single-Family Attached, 2-3 BR All Values 0.251 0.146 0.071 0.033
Below Median $267,744 0.287 0.163 0.088 0.036 Above Median $267,744 0.192 0.119 0.045 0.028
Single-Family Attached, 4-5 BR All Values 0.449 0.253 0.095 0.101
Below Median $308,935 0.202 0.118 0.031 0.054 Above Median $308,935 0.738 0.412 0.171 0.155
5+ Units (Own/Rent), 0-1 BR All Values 0.062 0.040 0.014 0.008
Below Median $131,483 0.051 0.020 0.021 0.010 Above Median $131,483 0.072 0.060 0.006 0.007
5+ Units (Own/Rent), 2-3 BR All Values 0.308 0.215 0.050 0.042
Below Median $185,361 0.358 0.267 0.057 0.034 Above Median $185,361 0.242 0.148 0.042 0.052
2-4 Units, 0-1 BR All Values 0.264 0.169 0.045 0.050
Below Median $128,187 0.216 0.117 0.038 0.061 Above Median $128,187 0.312 0.222 0.052 0.039
2-4 Units, 2-3 BR All Values 0.330 0.204 0.058 0.068
Below Median $185,361 0.435 0.287 0.053 0.095 Above Median $185,361 0.198 0.100 0.065 0.033
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New Jersey Demographic Multipliers: Pro le of the Occupants of Residential and Nonresidential Development
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More complete knowledge must await future survey of the occupants of such housing units. En route to that goal, the current investigation has begun to investigate empirically the public school children impact of Mount Laurel dwellings. Ideally, this will be the start of follow-up future investigations.
The research protocol proceeded in the following manner. From the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) and from other affordable housing groups in New Jersey, Rutgers obtained a list of Mount Laurel housing developments, both stand-alone, entirely affordable projects (termed “exclusively affordable”) and Mount Laurel units intermixed with market-rate housing (termed “inclusionary.”) Rutgers then contacted the school districts responsible for the Mount Laurel and market housing to ascertain the number of public school children (PSC) generated from these units. In many instances, the school districts could not or would not provide the requested information. However, Rutgers was able to obtain
TotalPersons
School-AgeChildren
Public School Children
All Housing Types and Bedrooms 2.35 0.50 0.45
Single-Family, Detached2 BR3 BR4 BR
1.952.493.07
0.240.510.83
0.210.460.73
Single-Family, Attached2 BR3 BR
2.093.05
0.350.86
0.320.78
5+ Units, Own1 BR2 BR3 BR
1.371.762.51
0.070.210.60
0.060.180.54
5+ Units, Rent1 BR2 BR3 BR
1.612.763.82
0.160.681.37
0.140.621.27
TABLE II-H-1
Household Size, School-Age Children, and Public School Children forLow- and Moderate-Income Households (LMI) in New Jersey (2000)
Note: The New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) Uniform Housing Affordability Controls (UHAC) indicate the following occupancy standards: “A studio shall be affordable to a one-person household; a one-bedroom unit shall be affordable to a one and one-half person household; a two-bedroom unit shall be affordable to a three-person household; a three-bedroom unit shall be affordable to a four and one-half person household; and a four-bedroom unit shall be affordable to a six-person household.” UHAC further indicates that “to the extent feasible…the administrative agent shall strive to: Provide an occupant for each unit bedroom; provide children of different sex with separate bedrooms; and prevent more than two persons from occupying a single bedroom.” While these standards bear on the relationship between housing-unit size (bedrooms) and household size, we do not have empirical evidence on the number of persons found in different-size COAH units. For instance, a “smaller” household (e.g., a 3-person household in a 3-bedroom unit) may be able to afford such a home with a larger down payment.
Source: U.S. Census of Population and Housing, Public Use Microdata Sample, 2000.