Population: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates
Where Adults and Children Live: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 ACS 1-Year PUMS Files
Student-level enrollment and home addresses: SY2013-14 through SY2020-21 OSSE Audited Enrollment. The following audited enrollment business rules were applied to the audited enrollment files for SY17-18 through SY20-21: 1) The universe of DCPS students include audited UPSFF residents + Non-resident tuition paying + Residency unverified and 2) The universe of public charter students include audited UPSFF residents. Student level data was geocoded by the Office of the Chief Technology Officer with all District-appropriate neighborhood geographies and DCPS boundary rights from the Electronic Boundary Information Rights appended to each student. Home addresses reflect students’ residences provided at the time of registration. Registration can occur between the spring prior to the start of the school year up until the enrollment audit, approximately October 5th of the current school year.
Births: DC Department of Health, 2014 Infant Mortality Report. Data provided by DC Action for Children. For years 2007-2019, birth data are from the United States Department of Health and Human Services (US DHHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Division of Vital Statistics, Natality public-use data 2007-2018, on CDC WONDER Online Database
Race and Ethnicity of Adults and Children: Census 2020 and 2019 Population Estimates. See downloadable data files for details on the specific data tables used.
Private school enrollment: U.S. Census Bureau, 2015-2019 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
Forecasted population: DC Office of Planning