Products & Services
IDEAS - Small District
For districts with average enrollment under 2500 that outsource enrollment projections, DI offers a small district version of our core product, IDEAS (Integrated Demographics and Enrollment Analysis for Schools). IDEAS— Small District gives you access to many of the powerful features available in The DI System, plus the enrollment forecasting expertise of the DI team.
IDEAS—Small District includes:
Enrollment Projection Analysis and Reports
Our experts generate a five-year district-wide and school-by-grade enrollment projections each year, plus open enrollment history reports. These projections are incorporated into The DI System so you have online access at all times.
Access to The DI System
Our unique, web-based application allows you to:
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Quickly access the demographic data you need, including enrollment projections
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View information in attractively formatted charts, graphs or interactive maps
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Analyze numbers and multiple scenarios with a variety of easy-to-use online tools
The following features and services are available
for an additional cost:
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FullInsite:FullInsite provides a 18-page report comprehensive demographic view of your community. Sample Report
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ExecutiveInsite:This 15-page report is designed for reading as a narrative accompanied by color graphs and tables. Sample Report
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Open/Close Schools Package: Build into the school projections plans to open or close a school.
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Open Enrollment/Out of District Transfer Package: Incorporate into the enrollment projections the impact of intra-district transfers and incoming inter-district transfers.
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Residential Development Research: Discover and document the proposed residential development plans that fall within your district boundary. Learn more
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Additional Projection: Develop a second, less conservative projection more suitable for facilities planning.
The DI System includes several useful features
for small districts, such as:
Student Plotting: Plot the locations of your existing students on a map. Plots can be done by school, ethnicity, SDC or by new to district. Use Student plot to analyze which neighborhoods students are drawn from, or in which school they are enrolled.
Mailing List Generation: Generate student mailing lists on the fly. Need to send a special mailing to one neighborhood? Draw a polygon around it, set the grade range and school and derive the mailing list in minutes.
Measurement Tools: Measure distances between two points, such as the path students must walk to school. Acreage and square miles are automatically calculated whenever a geographic area is selected.
Tables and Maps that can be copied and pasted into Excel, PowerPoint or Word. Quickly move data results from the DI System into Excel for further analysis or PowerPoint or Word for presentations and reports.
History of State Enrollment Data: Review the enrollment counts your district submitted to the state by school by grade level.
MySchoolLocator: Provides a way for parents to look up assigned neighborhood schools from a link on your website.
Two Predefined Demographic Reports: Generate two different demographic reports— QuickInsite or SchoolInsite . Each report provides an analysis of your community demographics including current year and five year population projections, households and families. The reports integrate data tables and colorful graphs.
If you have questions or need assistance, email us at disupport@decisioninsite.com or call 877-204-1392, ext 1001.