Five Year Student Enrollment Projections 2026-27 through 2030-31 Memo and Report

The Demographics & Enrollment Planning Department five-year enrollment projections differ from school budget projections produced by the Budget Office. School budget forecasts are one-year projections used to allocate funding to schools for the next school year based on the Full Time Equivalency (FTE) surveys conducted every year in October and February. In this FLDOE-required calculation system, students may be partially or fully counted, or even counted more than once, based on their program, school, or grade level. By contrast, the Demographics & Enrollment Planning Department five-year enrollment projections are based on the count of actual whole students on the benchmark day of school and are used for long-range facility planning, as well as next-year seat allotment for school choice programs.