Facility Planning Process
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Introduction
• Shifting demographics – Growth in some areas, decline in others.
• Aging facilities and lack of parity across the district.
• The impact of small schools on program offerings and operational
efficiency.
• The dance between program placement and facilities.
• Programming and facilities, chicken or egg?
• Are the programs functioning as they are intended?
• The planning process will work hand in hand with the SAP process as
programming plays such a crucial role in facility recommendations.
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Timeline – Planning Process / SAP Process
Activity June July August September October November December January
Facility Condition
Assessments
Educational
Adequacy
Assessments
Enrollment
Projections
Dashboard
Development
Student Assignment
Process Support
Options
Development
Recommendations
Development
Board Engagement
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Data Points
• Enrollment
• Capacity
• Utilization
• Condition
• Educational Adequacy
• Comprehensive Dashboard Preview
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Enrollment
• Cohort-Survival methodology that tracks students from birth to
kindergarten and then from grade to grade, year to year.
• Historical enrollment and live birth data are direct inputs.
• Housing and census information are used to adjust the
projection.
• Overall, enrollment is projected to continue to decline slightly
over the next 10-years.
• Enrollment has been projected based on residence and
attendance by school by grade.
• School choice and programmatic changes tend to have more
influence over school level projections than traditional
demographic factors.
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Enrollment
Historical Live-In Enrollment Projected Live-In Enrollment
Grade 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2029-30 2030-31 2031-32 2032-33 2033-34 2034-35
-2 219 242 284 243 300 240 258 342 389 487 487 487 487 487 487 487 487 487 487 487
-1 2,572 2,502 2,469 2,704 2,648 2,219 2,385 2,593 2,657 2,544 2,544 2,544 2,544 2,544 2,544 2,544 2,544 2,544 2,544 2,544
0 8,110 8,046 7,830 7,503 7,686 5,944 6,854 6,849 6,557 6,645 6,250 6,433 6,241 6,314 6,313 6,302 6,310 6,310 6,310 6,310
1 8,575 8,016 7,954 7,736 7,665 7,243 6,732 7,049 6,960 6,847 6,892 6,461 6,655 6,454 6,534 6,532 6,522 6,529 6,529 6,529
2 8,608 8,323 7,908 7,746 7,663 7,243 7,052 6,658 6,995 7,102 6,884 6,927 6,486 6,690 6,490 6,569 6,569 6,557 6,564 6,564
3 8,419 8,466 8,332 7,775 7,795 7,276 7,095 7,169 6,688 7,180 7,244 7,031 7,073 6,622 6,833 6,628 6,707 6,706 6,694 6,701
4 7,991 8,136 7,942 8,037 7,568 7,327 7,111 6,835 6,955 6,726 7,066 7,126 6,936 6,971 6,518 6,743 6,539 6,617 6,617 6,605
5 7,571 7,838 8,016 7,885 7,862 7,159 7,157 7,003 6,711 6,984 6,697 7,032 7,098 6,909 6,947 6,497 6,721 6,514 6,592 6,592
6 7,076 7,205 7,269 7,629 7,477 7,272 6,756 6,713 6,482 6,462 6,624 6,353 6,679 6,751 6,573 6,612 6,178 6,404 6,214 6,287
7 7,083 7,117 6,984 7,247 7,552 7,164 7,288 6,757 6,775 6,576 6,562 6,718 6,461 6,801 6,877 6,709 6,748 6,301 6,537 6,349
8 7,014 7,062 7,127 6,936 7,220 7,173 7,189 7,165 6,613 6,787 6,532 6,519 6,682 6,432 6,769 6,850 6,687 6,740 6,285 6,520
9 9,028 8,708 8,255 8,271 8,432 8,204 9,235 8,743 8,300 8,114 8,182 7,896 7,889 8,079 7,789 8,190 8,313 8,145 8,196 7,642
10 7,015 7,054 6,958 6,736 6,733 6,674 6,378 7,201 7,017 6,970 6,601 6,662 6,424 6,438 6,614 6,366 6,703 6,792 6,681 6,733
11 5,919 6,192 6,409 6,102 5,945 6,038 5,783 5,638 6,141 6,280 6,143 5,825 5,871 5,651 5,665 5,843 5,610 5,915 5,981 5,898
12 5,977 6,010 6,081 6,134 5,872 5,828 5,722 5,283 5,360 5,741 5,884 5,754 5,454 5,503 5,302 5,311 5,486 5,262 5,553 5,611
Total 100,958 100,675 99,534 98,441 98,118 92,764 92,737 91,656 90,211 90,958 90,105 89,281 88,493 88,159 87,768 87,696 87,637 87,336 87,297 86,885
PK-5 52,065 51,327 50,451 49,386 48,887 44,411 44,386 44,156 43,523 44,028 43,577 43,554 43,033 42,504 42,179 41,815 41,912 41,777 41,850 41,845
6th-8th 21,173 21,384 21,380 21,812 22,249 21,609 21,233 20,635 19,870 19,825 19,718 19,590 19,822 19,984 20,219 20,171 19,613 19,445 19,036 19,156
9th-12th 27,939 27,964 27,703 27,243 26,982 26,744 27,118 26,865 26,818 27,105 26,810 26,137 25,638 25,671 25,370 25,710 26,112 26,114 26,411 25,884
Births minus 5 10,199 10,185 9,966 10,055 10,222 10,221 10,316 10,193 9,696 9,672 9,135 9,369 9,062 9,185 9,181 9,168 9,177 9,176 9,176 9,176
Notes: Enrollment does not include students transferring in from outside of the district. Those students are included in school level attendance projections. Birth data
is from the State Department of Health and aligns with the school year. The data is available through the 2022-23 school-year and future years are projected using a 3-
year rolling average.
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Capacity
• Calculated based on:
• Total number of instructional units (examples: classrooms, media
centers, gyms, CTAE labs)
• Total number of core rooms (any classroom in the building not for
specials/connections, resource, special education)
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Capacity
This chart shows the overall capacity of all elementary schools. In the planning process,
overall building capacity needs to be considered due to the programmatic and financial
implications.
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Elementary Capacity Middle Capacity High Capacity
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Elementary Capacity Middle Capacity High Capacity
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Live/Attend Analysis
Live In & Attends Dekalb Boundary
Live In and Attends Theme School
DCSD 24-25 9-12
Martin Luther King Jr HS
Elizabeth Andrews HS
Southwest DeKalb HS
Live In and Attend In
Arabia Mountain HS
Live / Attend
Stone Mountain HS
DeKalb Alternative
EDC State Schools
Live In Attend In %
Cedar Grove HS
Stephenson HS
Margaret Harris
Miller Grove HS
Transfer Out %
Laurel Heights
Cross Keys HS
EDC Facilities
Druid Hills HS
Dunwoody HS
Chamblee HS
EDC Services
Columbia HS
Clarkston HS
Eagle Woods
Lakeside HS
Total Live In
Lithonia HS
McNair HS
Towers HS
Tucker HS
Redan HS
Tapestry
School
DECA
DSA
Cedar Grove HS 1057 2 1 19 11 1 4 2 15 4 8 1 26 5 1 2 2 96 8 7 14 1 1 5 2 4 1057 104 138 1299 81% 19%
Chamblee HS 1 1382 17 14 5 3 6 13 1382 32 27 1441 96% 4%
Clarkston HS 12 1361 2 11 4 5 1 6 18 7 5 28 3 20 33 69 13 23 3 1 5 3 8 1361 122 158 1641 83% 17%
Columbia HS 2 1 1 718 1 4 3 2 2 2 6 5 4 19 5 8 3 26 2 5 10 9 2 718 68 54 840 85% 15%
Cross Keys HS 64 1 1722 2 22 9 2 3 37 4 4 1 18 1722 103 64 1889 91% 9%
Druid Hills HS 30 1 1 1 1356 6 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 4 2 7 54 1 9 35 1 8 1356 55 117 1528 89% 11%
Dunwoody HS 135 2 1945 1 2 1 1 5 12 1945 138 21 2104 92% 8%
Lakeside HS 126 6 7 2 2149 1 2 3 5 11 2 3 9 19 1 2 10 3 38 2149 163 87 2399 90% 10%
Lithonia HS 4 10 3 9 2 6 3 6 1491 6 1 60 13 32 42 5 4 6 254 12 5 14 1 10 4 1491 212 300 2003 74% 26%
Martin Luther King Jr HS 13 5 5 15 1 5 1 3 17 1269 24 9 66 10 2 3 10 285 2 14 25 4 3 1 9 6 4 1269 189 353 1811 70% 30%
McNair HS 10 2 2 43 2 7 1 3 3 7 749 7 4 21 1 2 4 1 30 2 6 15 2 1 2 4 1 6 749 120 69 938 80% 20%
Miller Grove HS 1 7 4 4 2 3 2 11 5 925 13 12 6 3 2 7 96 13 3 15 3 1 2 13 2 2 925 82 150 1157 80% 20%
Redan HS 1 6 4 4 3 2 4 6 13 9 955 10 13 7 8 91 13 5 22 1 1 2 14 1 955 90 150 1195 80% 20%
Southwest DeKalb HS 4 7 1 3 6 2 1 6 6 982 2 1 1 1 49 6 9 16 1 5 2 982 41 88 1111 88% 12%
Stephenson HS 12 2 1 7 2 2 6 4 7 5 6 1228 7 7 128 28 3 8 1 1 1 1 22 1 7 1228 68 201 1497 82% 18%
Stone Mountain HS 2 16 13 2 8 4 1 8 5 2 10 13 10 8 1155 5 9 44 65 12 16 3 1 1 18 2 3 1155 116 165 1436 80% 20%
Towers HS 2 2 7 43 12 1 7 2 12 3 17 7 22 3 11 833 7 64 14 5 16 2 1 5 2 4 833 158 113 1104 75% 25%
Tucker HS 33 14 1 4 9 3 7 1 2 2 1 10 1504 9 26 6 19 41 3 17 1504 87 121 1712 88% 12%
Out of District 11 16 2 4 4 15 14 12 8 5 3 8 6 12 4 1 9 10 1 4 4 2 4
Live In Attend In 1057 1382 1361 718 1722 1356 1945 2149 1491 1269 749 925 955 982 1228 1155 833 1504
Transfer In 51 486 61 151 40 115 76 75 73 83 21 168 102 248 99 92 33 108
Total 9-12 Students : 27264
Total Enrollment 1108 1868 1422 869 1762 1471 2021 2224 1564 1352 770 1093 1057 1230 1327 1247 866 1612 1221 314 103 298 26 3 12 14 189 38 30 153
Live In Attend In % 95% 74% 96% 83% 98% 92% 96% 97% 95% 94% 97% 85% 90% 80% 93% 93% 96% 93%
Tranfer In % 5% 26% 4% 17% 2% 8% 4% 3% 5% 6% 3% 15% 10% 20% 7% 7% 4% 7%
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Condition
• One key metric utilized in FCAs is the Facility
Condition Index (FCI).
• This ratio helps gauge the overall health of a facility
while also affording the capability to compare
dissimilar facilities.
Repair Costs
FCI =
• The FCI is calculated by dividing the cost of repairs by Replacement Cost
the theoretical cost to replace a facility.
• Facility Condition Assessment (FCA) Score is the
inverse of the Total FCI.
• Formula: 1 – FCI, where 100 is the best score and 0 is
the worst.
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Condition 2025 FCA Scores 2030 FCA Scores
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Elementary Bubble Diagram – 2025 FCA
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Elementary Bubble Diagram – 2030 FCA
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Middle Bubble Diagram – 2025 FCA
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Middle Bubble Diagram – 2030 FCA
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High Bubble Diagram – 2025 FCA
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High Bubble Diagram – 2030 FCA
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Educational Adequacy
• All buildings measured against DCSD Standards and HPM best
practices
• Four elementary models due to range of school sizes within the
county
• Required elements that are missing from a space are given a
deficiency cost
• Spaces that don’t meet square footage requirement (undersized
auditorium) are given a deficiency cost of the missing square feet
• Buildings that don’t have all required spaces (not enough
classrooms) are given “missing” space deficiencies
• Site issues (total acreage, bus lane, parent car queuing) are also
identified as deficiencies
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2025 Elementary Adequacy 2025 Middle Adequacy 2025 High Adequacy
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