In the Northern Shenandoah Valley, population growth is a popular topic among local officials and community members. New data from the University of Virginia's Weldon-Cooper Center for Public Service indicate the region's growth does not show signs of waning.
Enrollment rates for Virginia’s public schools are expected to shrink at a fast rate by the end of the decade, according to the latest projections from The UVA Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
Enrollment rates for Virginia’s public schools are expected to shrink at a fast rate by the end of the decade, according to the latest projections from the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
It would be difficult to describe Virginia’s demographic trends over the last few decades without using an adjective similar to disparate or unbalanced. Regional economic trends in Virginia have created a stark income gap and the largest differences in household incomes of any single state in the country. At the same time, many young adults moved away from southern and western Virginia for better opportunities elsewhere, and very few young adults moved to these regions to replace them.
The study, conducted by UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, pegged UVA’s total economic contribution at $7.2 billion in gross domestic product.
On January 13th, the Demographics Research Group provided a presentation to the State Senate Finance & Appropriations Subcommittee for K-12 Education. In our presentation, we focused on the impact that births and private education will have on enrollment in 2020s. The following post is a summary of the trends included in that presentation.Before the pandemic […]