MDP DATA FOR PROJECTED ENROLLMENT 6.4 Maryland Department of Planning 301 West Preston Street, Suite 1101 Baltimore Maryland 21201 Tel: 410.767.4500 Toll Free: 1.877.767.6272 TTY users: Maryland Relay Planning.Maryland.gov Wes Moore, Governor Aruna Miller, Lt. Governor Rebecca L. Flora, AICP, Secretary 3/24/2023 Dr. Micah Stauffer Superintendent Wicomico County Public Schools 2424 Northgate Drive, Suite 100 Salisbury, MD 21802 Dear Dr. Stauffer, Maryland Department of Planning (MDP) is transmitting its annual Public School Enrollment Projections update for your jurisdiction’s review, in accordance with the regulations of the Interagency Commission on School Construction (IAC). MDP is requesting your evaluation and written response to our latest school enrollment projections by April 27, 2023.These enrollment projections are being sent prior to preparation and printing of our publication, Public School Enrollment Projections 2023 - 2032. A final version of this document, containing projections for the entire State, each of the 23 counties and Baltimore City, will be posted online on the Maryland Department of Planning’s State Data Center’s website when it becomes available in late August or early September. For planning purposes, these data represent a reasonable scenario for the future, given recent and long-term birth, migration and demographic patterns. These public school enrollment projections reflect: a) Population Projections: MDP's population projections (total population and school age populations) through 2032 with a 2020 Census baseline. These projections were last revised in December 2022. b) Birth Information: This includes actual births for calendar year 2020 from the Maryland Department of Health (MDH), Division of Vital Statistics. We are using birth data provided by MDH geocoded for the mother’s jurisdictional address. Births are then estimated for School Year (SY) 2021 using preliminary six-month estimates and are projected for SY 2022 through SY 2027 based on our latest population projections through 2030. Relevant historical and projected birth projections are then reformulated 227
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