Projections for school population and teacher demand in the State of Utah for the period 1970-2000

This study deals with probable future trends in student enrollment, accoroing to age, sex, grades, and school levels, for different geographic areas, and teacher demand for the elementary and secondary levels of school in Utah from 1970 to the year 2000. For the secondary level schools, information is also given for student enrollment according to different subject areas and the future demand of teachers for these subject areas. Projections were prepared for single calendar years from 1970 t o the year 2000. The projections for the school children were based on total population projections for the state, prepared at the Department of Sociology, Utah State University, using the component method of population projections. Census data and school enrollment data were used to obtain information for future trends of school enrollment. The enrollment-ratio method was used to project the school population.