Very flawed methodologies. They make assumptions about the relationship between housing prices and demographics, namely that higher housing prices means fewer families with school-age kids. They do not take into account the fact that many areas have increased housing costs precisely because they are very desirable areas to live with school-aged kids (partly because they have excellent schools). Then, those same schools are hurt by Davis flawed future under-projections of student counts.

Davis Demographics is the industry leader for K-12 school planning in the United States. Weve interviewed many of their school district clients, and Davis has always been highly regarded for their work with consulting, software, and data analysis. They are also an award winning partner of Esri.