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773 more single-family homes since FY1994; enrolment is 319 below its FY2003 peak.
Single-family homes and enrolled children
Single-family homesEnrolled children
Single-family homes
Enrolled children
FY1994
2,872
1,758
FY1999
3,072
1,830
FY2002
3,201
1,851
FY2003
3,249
1,887
FY2004
3,283
1,830
FY2005
3,325
1,822
FY2006
3,362
1,836
FY2007
3,389
1,844
FY2008
3,389
1,824
FY2009
3,413
1,739
FY2010
3,418
1,702
FY2011
3,419
1,650
FY2012
3,426
1,637
FY2013
3,433
1,587
FY2014
3,443
1,564
FY2015
3,451
1,557
FY2016
3,472
1,567
FY2017
3,486
1,613
FY2018
3,514
1,641
FY2019
3,530
1,649
FY2020
3,543
1,641
FY2021
3,558
1,593
FY2022
3,583
1,597
FY2023
3,593
1,562
FY2024
3,625
1,580
FY2025
3,635
1,563
FY2026
3,645
1,568
DLS single-family parcels and DESE’s 1 October enrolment. Before FY2002 a year missing from either file is left out, so the axis is not evenly spaced there.
1 · The facts
2,872
single-family homes, FY1994
3,645
single-family homes, FY2026
1,887
enrolled, FY2003, the peak
1,568
enrolled, FY2026
61.2
students per hundred homes, FY1994 (ours)
43.0
students per hundred homes, FY2026 (ours)
+87
single-family homes, FY2021 to FY2026
−25
enrolled children, same years
2 · What it shows
1
Single-family homes never fell between two years the record holds; enrolment peaked in FY2003.
2
Students per hundred homes fell from 61.2 to 43.0.
3
In the last five years: 87 more homes and 25 fewer enrolled children.
Single-family homes and enrolled children, by year
Year
Single-family homes
Enrolled children
Students per 100 homesnot from the books
FY2026
3,645
1,568
43.0
FY2025
3,635
1,563
43.0
FY2024
3,625
1,580
43.6
FY2023
3,593
1,562
43.5
FY2022
3,583
1,597
44.6
FY2021
3,558
1,593
44.8
FY2020
3,543
1,641
46.3
FY2019
3,530
1,649
46.7
FY2018
3,514
1,641
46.7
FY2017
3,486
1,613
46.3
FY2016
3,472
1,567
45.1
FY2015
3,451
1,557
45.1
FY2014
3,443
1,564
45.4
FY2013
3,433
1,587
46.2
FY2012
3,426
1,637
47.8
FY2011
3,419
1,650
48.3
FY2010
3,418
1,702
49.8
FY2009
3,413
1,739
51.0
FY2008
3,389
1,824
53.8
FY2007
3,389
1,844
54.4
FY2006
3,362
1,836
54.6
FY2005
3,325
1,822
54.8
FY2004
3,283
1,830
55.7
FY2003
3,249
1,887
58.1
FY2002
3,201
1,851
57.8
FY1999
3,072
1,830
59.6
FY1994
2,872
1,758
61.2
DLS single-family parcels and DESE’s 1 October enrolment. A year missing from the table is missing from one of the two files. The ratio is our arithmetic.
What was said
“young families are looking for smaller houses with some land, but developers are building large houses that young families cannot afford”