Overview of Metropolitan Detroit Jewsih school enrollment

1. TRENDS IN METROPOLITAN DETROIT
JEWISH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
2001-02 – 2012-13

2. “FOUR” WHAT?
1. WHAT DO WE KNOW?
2. WHAT MORE DO WE NEED/WANT TO KNOW?
3. WHAT ARE POSSIBLE POLICY/PLANNING/FUNDING
IMPLICATIONS FOR FEDERATION?
4. WHAT IS BEING DONE?

3. PRIVATE LAKE
NO
SWIMMING
ALLOWED

4. TOTAL SCHOOL ENROLLMENT:
2001/02 - 2012/13 COMPARISON
ENROLLMENT COMPARISONS OVER 12 YEARS
9,000
8133
8,000 TOTAL EARLY
7249
6988
6690 CHILDHOOD
7,000 6404
TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS
6330 6250 ENROLLMENT
TOTAL CONG.
6,000
SCHOOL
4919 ENROLLMENT
5,000
TOTAL DAY SCHOOL
3924 3819 ENROLLMENT
4,000 3631
3409
3218 3119
3,000 TOTAL
2061 2066 2035
ENROLLMENT
1926 1908 1932 1983
2,000
1153 1259 1134 1133 1180 1148
1087
1,000
0
YEARS

5. ENROLLMENT BY DENOMINATION
12 YEAR COMPARISON
2001-2002
993
12%
1444 3829 2011-2012
18% 47%
1867 1031
23% 16%
2895
1631 46%
2012-2013
TOTAL REFORM ENROLLMENT 26% 972
TOTAL CONSERVATIVE ENROLLMENT 773 16%
TOTAL ORTHODOX ENROLLMENT 12% 2824
TOTAL NON-DENOM. ENROLLMENT 1721 46%
TOTAL REFORM ENROLLMENT 28%
8,133 TOTAL STUDENTS TOTAL CONSERVATIVE ENROLLMENT
2001-2002 TOTAL ORTHODOX ENROLLMENT 640
TOTAL NON-DENOM. ENROLLMENT 10%
6,330 TOTAL STUDENTS TOTAL REFORM ENROLLMENT
2011-2012 TOTAL CONSERVATIVE ENROLLMENT
TOTAL ORTHODOX ENROLLMENT
TOTAL NON-DENOM. ENROLLMENT
6, 250 TOTAL STUDENTS
2012-2013

6. TOTAL EARLY CHILDHOOD ENROLLMENT
2012-2013
TOTAL EARLY CHILDHOOD ENROLLMENT 2012-2013
550 TOTAL ENROLLMENT
500 1,148 EARLY CHILDHOOD
450 225 DAY SCHOOL-K
400 410
141 CONG. SCHOOL-K
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
350
225 1,514
300 Day
250
Schl POTENTIAL
200 ENROLLMENT
393
150
355 3,800
141
100 CURRENT
167 Cong
50 78 111 MARKET
0 44
0 PENETRATION
39%

7. TOTAL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE 2012-13
CONGREGATION & DAY SCHOOLS
GRADES K-12
600 2012-2013 Student Enrollment by Grade K-12 = 5,102
500
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
400
300
516 514 524
480 485
200 407 387
378
316 323
259 276
100 210
27
0
GRADES

8. TOTAL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE 2012-13
CONGREGATION & DAY SCHOOLS
2012-2013 STUDENT ENROLLMENT BY GRADE GRADES K-12
BLUE = ENROLLED = 5,102 | RED = NOT ENROLLED = 2,598
600
550 34 36
234 172 143 70 65 26 163 227 291 340 274
500
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
400
300
516 514 524
480 485
200 378 407 387
316 323
259 276
100 210
0
GRADES
PRE K 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH 6TH 7TH 8TH 9TH 10TH 11TH 12TH

9. ISSUES RAISED BY THE CENSUS
• DECLINING CONGREGATIONAL ENROLLMENT
• GROWING ORTHODOX ENROLLMENT
• DRAMATIC SHRINKING OF CONSERVATIVE ENROLLMENT
• DAY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT FLAT
• GROWING NUMBER OF STUDENTS NOT ENROLLED
• NEED TO INCREASE EARLY CHILDHOOD ENROLLMENT
• NEED TO RETAIN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

10. WHAT IS BEING DONE?
• PJ LIBRARY EXPANSION
• CSI2 – CONGREGATIONAL SCHOOL INNOVATION AND
IMPROVEMENT*
• NEW GUIDELINES FOR CONGREGATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS
• CONVERSATIONS – LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE FIELD*
• MARKETING SURVEY ON EARLY CHILDHOOD JEWISH
EDUCATION*
• THINK TANK ON EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING*
*FUNDED BY HERMELIN DAVIDSON CENTER FOR CONGREGATIONAL EXCELLENCE

11. What is being done? continued…
Think Tank on Experiential
Jewish Education
100 IDEAS WERE NARROWED DOWN TO 8 PROPOSAL AREAS:
1. AFFORDABILITY: HIGH COST OF JEWISH LIFE
2. ARTISTS IN ACTION
3. JEWISH IDENTITY THRU HISTORICAL EVENTS AND
TRAVEL
4. FOCUS ON MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH GROUP
5. PEERCORPS *
6. BABY U *
7. *SONG LEADER BOOT CAMP
8. IJEL - INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH EXPERIENTIAL
LEARNING (A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT IDEAS)
* APPROVED AT NOVEMBER 8TH MEETING OF
HERMELIN DAVIDSON CENTER FOR CONGREGATIONAL
EXCELLENCE MEETING.