11 Census Data by School District: Decennial Census and American Community Survey from the Census Bureau and School District Demographics from the US Department of Education Bettie Landauer-Menchik, Director Data Services Unit, K-12 Outreach College of Education, MSU

Using demographic information for your school district/ISD is a tremendous tool for long and short range planning, applying for grants, driving school improvement/NCA accreditation, and considering what’s college and workforce ready.

Example 1: Closure, consolidation, build new schools? How to plan?

Lansing city population has declined by 4.1% since 2000 Source: Census of Population and Housing; Analysis by Bettie Landauer-Menchik, Data Services Unit, K-12 Outreach, College of Education, MSU

who is here now? Less than 1 in 3 households in the district has children … who is here now? Source: School District Demographics; Analysis by Bettie Landauer-Menchik, Data Services Unit, K-12 Outreach, College of Education, MSU

Source: 1990 and 2000 Census of Population and Housing; Analysis by Bettie Landauer-Menchik Data Services Unit, K-12 Outreach, MSU Change in Households: Who is leaving and who is moving into Lansing?.. What’s the change?

How can the school district keep the support of the 70% of households who no longer see children on a daily basis?How can the school district keep the support of the 70% of households who no longer see children on a daily basis? What role should school buildings play in the city? Recreation? Support for arts? Senior citizen centers? Neighborhood services?What role should school buildings play in the city? Recreation? Support for arts? Senior citizen centers? Neighborhood services? Ask the key question so everyone gets it. …Ask the key question so everyone gets it.

Owner-occupied Housing 30,775 Renter-occupied housing 21,575 The type of housing units in the district is likely to impact school enrollment.. Look at other information too; it’s not just demographics that matter Source: School District Demographics, Analysis by Bettie Landauer-Menchik, MSU

The percentage of owner-occupied housing has declined from 1970 to 2000 Source: Census of Population and Housing; Analysis by Bettie Landauer-Menchik, Data Services Unit, K-12 Outreach, College of Education, MSU

What’s true for the city, may differ neighborhood by neighborhood … look at lowest geographic level possible; usually census tracts

Example 2: What indicators can be used to provide reliable information on indicators of child well being such as family composition, income and poverty, and parental participation in the labor force?

Lansing Michigan With Whom Children live in Lansing has a major impact on their success in school. Fewer children live with two parent families than the Michigan average. Source: 2000 Census; Analysis by Bettie Landauer-Menchik, K-12 Outreach,MSU

Median Income of Families with Children: Income of Families is Correlated with School Success Source: 2000 Census of Population and Housing; Analysis by Bettie Landauer-Menchik, Data Services of K-12 Outreach, MSU

Nearly half of parents with children enrolled in Lansing schools have only a high school education

The percentage of families with children needing support is high

The Impact of GM’s Move out of Lansing and Cutbacks in the State: Less Households are in the Upper Income Group than 10 years ago Income Groups are established for the US by the Census Bureau. Data is from 2000 Census of Population and Housing;; Analysis by Bettie Landauer-Menchik, K-12 Outreach,MSU

Example 3: How might changes in minority and immigrant population growth affect the achievement gaps in our district?

Source: 2000 Census of Population and Housing; SF2; Analysis by Bettie Landauer-Menchik, K-12 Outreach,MSU With Whom Do Children Live in Lansing? 1,10714,4104,5692, ,076 # Children

NH is Non Hispanic; Source: 2000 Census of Population and Housing; SF2; Analysis by Bettie Landauer-Menchik, K-12 Outreach,MSU Who Owns or Rents Homes in Lansing?

Most Michiganians are born here

Where Do Lansing’s Immigrants Come From? Which Immigrants are Most Likely to become Citizens? Source: 2000 Census of Pop& Housing; Analysis by BLM

Example 4: Applying for grants, North Central Accreditation, before an after school programs, etc.

Applying for grant for a health clinic in the school or before and after school childcare Number of children in neighborhoods,, working parents, number of hours work, family composition, commuting time of parents, income of parents with children enrolled in public schools, hours of parent employment for parents with children <6 and 6 to 17

Example 5: As part of a two county team we want to look at strategies to link our regional economic development, work force development and P-14 school efforts. We hope to better understand the demographics of our two counties (growth, population, characteristics etc), our work force competitiveness or human capital position looking at our current work force and emerging work force (diversity, education levels, education levels of parents, work status, STEM proficiency etc), indicators of need or using another view – under developed/utilized human capital indicators such as the size, distribution and demographics of our poverty and unemployed populations?

Lots of stuff you want to know about your district without the cost of a survey

Geography of the Census Block Block Group: about 1,500 people Census Tract (between 1- 8,000 people) generally with recognized boundaries, ie major roads, railroad tracts. Use census tract for neighborhoods. If you want multiple tracts, it’s easiest to download all tracts within a county. Place, School District, County Subdivision County State

What will come from Census 2010?

30 The more interesting data is collected and released in the American Community Survey (ACS)

31 What is the American Community Survey? With this first-ever release of these 5-year estimates and each year´s update to come, people will no longer have to wait a decade for the next look at detailed characteristics data for their small areas. --Dr. Robert Groves, Director of the U.S. Census Bureau

The newest data ACS Social, Economic, Housing, and Demographic 5-Year Estimates includes data by census tract, city, township, county, and all school districts.

ACS Data Products Release Schedule Five-year estimates will be available for areas as small as census tracts and block groups from the Census Bureau 131 All districts 25

ACS numbering system 1,358 detailed tables Base tables are denoted with a “B” in the unique table ID, e.g.. B02001 Collapsed versions of base tables are identified with a “C,” e.g. C Collapsed tables are sometimes available when base tables are suppressed. Collapsed tables are not available for all ACS base tables.

Lots of Tables –Where to start? Population tables begin with letter P Housing tables begin with letter H Some tables begin with PCT or HCT. Tables become more complex as numbers get larger. Print out the table outlines if you prefer to view tables (I always use the table outlines)

Examples of B and C tables

There are 4 profiles

What happens to ACS when it goes to NCES? It becomes the School District Demographic System (SDDS) with some very nice features…..

ACS morphs into School District Demographics

Use Data Viewer: for single district, couple of tables. Use Download Data for multiple districts (and other geographies) and multiple tables

Snapshot Reports: there are 5 topics with 3-5 tables in each. Still need to be crunched.

Sample Map from SDDS: Children’s Poverty

Child Specific Universes Total Children Relevant Children Enrolled and Not Enrolled Relevant Children-Not Enrolled Relevant Children-Enrolled Relevant Children-Enrolled Public Relevant Children-Enrolled Private What’s a Relevant Child? you ask……. One who lives within the territory of the district and whose assigned grade falls within the grade range for which a district is financially responsible

For Example: Tables on Educational Attainment P37: Sex by Educational Attainment for the Population 25 Years and overP37: Sex by Educational Attainment for the Population 25 Years and over (25 variables) P148A-I: Sex by Educational Attainment for the Population 25 years and overP148A-I: Sex by Educational Attainment for the Population 25 years and over for White alone, Black alone, American Indian alone, Hispanic, Asian alone, 2+races, White alone and non Hispanic. (17 x 9)

P37: Sex by Educational Attainment for the Population 25 Years and over PC: or CP The same SDD table can be used for different perspectives. For example: P37: Sex by Educational Attainment for the Population 25 Years and over PC: How many Parents with Children did not graduate from high school? or CP: How many Children have Parents who did not graduate from high school?

52 To summarize, American Community Survey : Key Differences from Census 2000 Beginning in 2010, data for small geographic areas will be produced every year versus once every 10 years Data for larger areas (over 65,000) are available annually and data for mid sized areas (over 20,000) is available every 5 years Census 2000 data described the population and housing as of April 1, 2000 while ACS data describe a period of time and require data for 12 months, 36 months, or 60 months

53 American Community Survey Key Differences from Census 2000 The goal of ACS is to produce data comparable to the Census 2000 long form data These estimates will cover the same small areas as Census 2000 but with smaller sample sizes Smaller sample sizes for 5-year ACS estimates results in reductions in the reliability of estimates

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