School Districts

Student enrollment is the foundation of school planning, no matter your district’s size. Ensure that the foundation is strong with student enrollment forecasts developed using the most reliable data possible as well as the proven models and methodologies deployed by our skilled demographers and data analysts. 

What Our Enrollment Forecasts Can Help You Do  

• Prevent imbalanced school enrollment  
• Determine special program placement  
• Plan for grade configuration changes  
• Redraw boundaries  
• Consolidate, expand, or open schools  
• Capital facilities planning 

What we offer is more than a process—it’s a partnership. We work closely with our school district clients to find the right combination of customized mapping technologies, hands-on community engagement, and innovative enrollment analyses to review, redraw, and implement new boundaries that meet the needs of their districts and communities. Whether you are reviewing boundaries for five schools or 500, our data-driven and consensus-based boundary review services can help you meet your planning goals. 

At FLO, equity isn’t just a buzz word. It is ingrained in our work and our company’s core values. We have collaborated with school districts across the country to help them ensure that schools and programs are inclusive and equitable and reflect the demographics of the communities they serve. From our student enrollment forecasts that incorporate community demographic data to our school program analyses that determine whether all students by subgroup proportionately access special programs to our boundary scenario modeling that integrates these findings, we produce objective data analyses giving district leaders the information they need to make informed, student-focused decisions. 

As school districts across the nation experience fluctuating student enrollment and implement new types of special programs that change the way educational spaces are used, it has become more important for districts to have a clear process for determining each school’s capacity and setting utilization targets so leaders can feel confident in knowing when schools are underenrolled or overenrolled. At FLO we can help create facility capacity methodologies and utilization targets that reflect the instructional programming offered at each school and are aligned with state laws, school district policies and priorities, and community values. 

As more school districts offer specialized curricular programming such as STEAM, International Baccalaureate, and dual language programs, they may face the challenge of ensuring that all students have equitable access to those programs. 

At FLO Analytics, we help districts: 

• Understand the geographic placement of programs in comparison to where students live to identify areas where programs are less accessible. 
• Analyze the demographic characteristics of students enrolled in each program compared to the overall student demographics of the district to determine whether programs are proportionally enrolled. 
• Determine ways that programs can be made more accessible, such as recommending alternative or additional placements of programs within specific schools. 

As more parents elect to enroll their children in schools other than their zoned neighborhood schools, FLO can help school districts answer questions such as: 

1. Which schools are students choosing to enroll in? 
2. Which schools are students opting out of at higher rates? 
3. Are there school choice patterns based on student enrollment trends over time? 
4. What are the main priorities of parents when choosing a school for their child? 

This information can help guide districts in creating or refining their school choice management plans and inform larger decisions around school boundary changes and facility planning. 

We draw on our unique blend of data analysis, community engagement, forecasting, and strategic planning experience to assist school districts in planning for their futures. Your long-term planning decisions may include building new schools, grade reconfigurations, remodeling school buildings, and school closures. Our team of data analysts and district planners use cutting-edge GIS tools and constructive stakeholder engagement strategies to help districts make these crucial decisions. We understand first-hand the sensitivity of these decisions and work closely with district and community leaders to understand the whole picture to ensure these processes consider and reflect the district’s history, the values of the community, and the current state and long-term goals of the district. 

Community input and buy-in is an essential part of building trust in every boundary scenario modeling project. FLO’s team of former education leaders, communications specialists, and GIS analysts have decades of experience successfully leading education projects with robust community engagement components.