Our Team

The DPS Planning, Analysis and Real Estate team focuses on addressing key strategic challenges facing our district and communities by providing support to district leaders responsible for accelerating student learning. As a part of the greater Enrollment and Campus Planning department, we deliver descriptive and predictive analyses — spotting trends and forecasting changes — and work collaboratively with leaders to organize solutions that deliver the right resources to students based on their evolving needs.

Our Services

• Data Analysis for District Leaders

• Establish metrics and benchmarks to help teams measure and increase their effectiveness

• Enrollment Support

• Calculate enrollment projections for future school years to assist with school budgeting, staffing, and operations
• Project student demography patterns to assist in planning supports for language acquisition and students with special learning needs
• Lead boundary analysis to change school boundaries and enrollment zones
• Understand student mobility patterns and family preferences through SchoolChoice 
• Design and maintain spatial data and maps for DPS to allow families to easily and accurately identify their assigned enrollment zone or boundary school 

• Strategic Planning of Long-term District Needs

• Design options to be used in community engagement processes with the public to support enrollment changes
• Responsible for Board of Education redistricting processes after each decennial US Census
• Provide expertise on the district’s real estate portfolio, fulfilling strategic district needs and implementing real estate transactions on behalf of the Superintendent and Board of Education
• Identify neighborhoods with program shortages and deliver prioritized recommendations to improve access to quality schools
• Collaborate with City and County of Denver Planning on residential development projects to create long-term student forecasts