PLANNING TOOLS BUILT FOR
DISTRICT DECISION-MAKING
From comprehensive demographic analysis to interactive GIS tools, PASA provides school districts with the information and resources they need to understand enrollment, plan for changing conditions, and make confident long-range and operational decisions.
DEMOGRAPHIC STUDIES
PASA's demographic services help districts understand where enrollment is headed and translate that information into decisions about facilities, attendance zones, staffing, budgeting, and long-range planning.
DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY
PASA's Demographic Study is a comprehensive, data-driven planning resource designed to help school districts make informed decisions about enrollment, facilities, attendance zones, staffing, and long-range capital investments. The study combines detailed GIS mapping, residential development research, local economic analysis, historical enrollment trends, and stakeholder interviews to develop a complete picture of the factors shaping future student populations.
Each study includes a district-specific student projection model and a ten-year enrollment forecast with baseline, reduced, and accelerated scenarios, along with campus-level enrollment estimates for the upcoming school year. PASA also develops a Long-Range Facilities Plan that evaluates school utilization and identifies strategic options for future growth or decline.
Findings are delivered through a detailed written report, presentations to district leadership and the Board of Trustees, and a digital storyboard that turns key findings, maps, and projections into an accessible online experience for staff, families, and the broader community.
- District-specific student projection model
- Ten-year enrollment forecast
- Baseline, reduced, and accelerated scenarios
- Campus-level enrollment estimates
- Long-Range Facilities Plan
- Detailed written report
- Leadership and Board presentations
- Digital storyboard
DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY UPDATE
PASA's Demographic Study Update provides an efficient, cost-effective way to keep a district's enrollment projections current between comprehensive studies. Because the Update builds on the data, methodology, and analysis established through a full Demographic Study, a comprehensive study must be completed before an Update can be conducted.
Designed for districts that have recently completed a full study, the Update incorporates current student data, residential development activity, and market conditions. PASA geocodes the current student population, reviews housing growth and development trends, reassesses the influence of charter and private schools, and revises the districtwide enrollment forecast for the next nine years.
Districts receive an updated report with revised maps, data tables, and projections, along with a presentation highlighting key findings and planning implications. The streamlined process gives district leaders current information for staffing, budgeting, attendance zone planning, and other operational decisions without repeating the full comprehensive study.
- Current student geocoding
- Residential development review
- Updated housing and market analysis
- Charter and private school reassessment
- Revised nine-year enrollment forecast
- Updated maps and data tables
- Updated written report
- Presentation of key findings
ENROLLMENT FORECAST
PASA's Enrollment Forecast is designed specifically for smaller school districts seeking a reliable, cost-effective projection of future student enrollment to support budgeting, staffing, facility planning, and operational decision-making.
PASA combines current student data, GIS mapping, historical enrollment patterns, birth trends, residential development activity, and competitive enrollment factors such as charter and private schools to develop a customized ten-year forecast that reflects each district's unique characteristics and planning needs.
The forecast includes baseline, reduced, and accelerated growth scenarios so district leaders can consider multiple planning possibilities and prepare for changing conditions. PASA also compares projected enrollment with existing school capacity to identify potential underutilization or overcrowding. Districts receive a concise findings report and leadership presentation with context, key insights, and planning considerations.
- Customized ten-year enrollment forecast
- Baseline growth scenario
- Reduced growth scenario
- Accelerated growth scenario
- GIS and development analysis
- Birth and historical enrollment trends
- School capacity comparison
- Findings report and leadership presentation
GIS ONLINE TOOLS
PASA's interactive GIS tools put district planning information into an accessible, web-based environment that supports everyday operations, public-facing communication, and long-range decision-making.
PASA SCHOOL FINDER
PASA School Finder is a web-based attendance zone application that allows parents, community members, real estate professionals, and district staff to quickly determine a student's assigned school using a residential address.
Designed to be intuitive and mobile-friendly, School Finder makes attendance boundary information easier to navigate while helping reduce the volume of routine school-assignment calls and inquiries directed to district staff.
As attendance zones change, PASA keeps the map current so families and district staff continue to have access to accurate school assignment information.
- Parent communication
- Enrollment support
- Attendance boundary transparency
- Customer service
PASA ATLAS
PASA Atlas is an interactive mapping platform that transforms the detailed geographic data developed through a Demographic Study into a dynamic, user-friendly planning tool.
Through a secure, web-based interface, district leaders can explore current and projected residential development, planned subdivisions, multifamily communities, municipal boundaries, planning units, enrollment projections, and other district-specific demographic data layers.
By bringing this information together in one accessible environment, Atlas allows decision-makers to visualize growth patterns, monitor development activity, explore individual areas of the district in greater detail, and better understand the geographic and demographic factors shaping future enrollment.
- District administrators
- Planners
- Facility committees
- Long-range planning
PASA ATLAS PRO
PASA Atlas Pro expands the capabilities of PASA Atlas by integrating student-level geographic data into the planning environment for authorized district users.
In addition to the standard Atlas features, users can search individual student addresses, identify planning units and attendance zones, extract student and address information, and analyze enrollment patterns at a highly detailed geographic level.
That additional detail gives district leadership another layer of information for evaluating attendance zones, transportation, facility utilization, enrollment trends, and strategic planning decisions.
- Planning departments
- Operations
- GIS staff
- Executive leadership
PASA PRINTED WALL MAPS
PASA Printed Wall Maps provide large-format, presentation-quality geographic information for district offices, boardrooms, planning meetings, emergency operations, and other settings where staff need an easily visible physical reference.
Available in a variety of sizes and finishes, maps can display attendance zones, trustee districts, planning units, residential developments, school locations, municipal boundaries, voting precincts, transportation routes, and other custom GIS layers. Each map is professionally designed for readability and updated to reflect the district's most current geographic information.
Whether used for daily operations, public meetings, strategic planning, or Board presentations, Wall Maps give district teams a clear, highly visible way to view and communicate complex geographic information.
- Planning departments
- Operations
- GIS staff
- Executive leadership
- Boardrooms and public meetings
- Emergency operations
NOT SURE WHICH OPTION
FITS YOUR DISTRICT?
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