A demographer is an expert the district hires. The job is to estimate how many students will come in future years.
In Leander. From 2023-24 to 2025-26, the estimate was too high each year. It was off by 0.2% to 2.7%.1
Everyday comparison. It is like a weather forecast, but for students.
Related terms: capacity and utilization, attendance. Read more: enrollment forecasts.
Changes to this page
- Nov. 2, 2026: We now call the forecast an estimate, not a guess.
Footnotes
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Board packets, Oct. 26, 2023 (p.141) and Oct. 23, 2025 (p.100), PASA forecast slides. ↩