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Mission
The mission of Proximity is to develop and deploy decision-making information solutions to help clients achieve enduring performance improvement. As the economy and demographics change, so does the importance of having the most relevant, accurate, and useable decision-making information to achieve visions for performance and goals. Disparate, wide-ranging, and unconnected data, requires knowledge, methodology, and tools that can transform these data into decision-making information solutions. These are among factors that led to the establishment of Proximity. Proximity is focused on the development, application, and use of innovative products, services, and methodologies that advance our client's analysis and decision making empowerment. More than a set of tools, this involves process-oriented solutions. Proximity helps private and public sector clients of all sizes and types to "get closer to optimal solutions" through the use of improved access to and use of decision making information.
Will the number of 'grade relevant children not enrolled in school' increase as a result of the current economic conditions? Very likely. The impact of the growth will be felt hardest in areas already experiencing high dropout rates. As with areas having a high dropout incidence, the impact can be long-term and affect the entire school district community.
Soon, we will be providing access to 2005-07 estimates of 'grade relevant children not enrolled in school' by school district. This will be the first update since Census 2000. The data will provide some opportunity for trend analysis by district and groups of districts.
History. Starting with the 1990 Census, the number and demographic characteristics of "grade relevant" children in a school district were tabulated as a part of the school district special tabulation (SDST). Viewed one way, this is the overarching universe of drop-outs. The number of drop-outs cannot be determined by the decennial census, only enrollment status. As a generalization, the number of relevant children not enrolled (RCNE) will be greater that the number of drop-outs. For many districts, having a higher RCNE propensity, the margin of difference is alarmingly much higher. Many grade relevant children never attend school at all, so they are not even drop-out candidates.
Data Uniqueness. Similarly defined RCNE data were tabulated in the Census 2000 school district special tabulation. As of now, the size and characteristics of the RCNE population is only measured in the 1990 Census and Census 2000 SDST data.
Updates. Similarly defined RCNE data will soon be available from the 'American Community Survey 2006-07 3-year estimates.' These estimates will be available for a subset of the approximate 3,300 school districts included in the ACS 05-07 data (because of the 20,000 population minimum threshold).
2010 Updates. Similarly defined RCNE data are expected to be available from the 'American Community Survey 2005-09 5-year estimates' in late 2010. These estimates will are expected to cover all school districts though data will very likely be suppressed for very small school districts.
See more about RNCE at http://proximityone.com/hstnrcne1.htm and http://proximityone.com/c2ksdst.htm. Access Census 2000 RCNE for any school district using the DMIGateway. |
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