I can see nothing to show potential immigration to the areas. The statistics are based upon numbers of children rather than following the same children (from what I can see). So, there may well be families moving to the area with children who were not born there but entering school and skewing the figures.

I would be very interested to see the statistics for the next level of education and what that shows. Are prents more willing to accept the schooling available at elementary level but move later when they are more financially stable?

These, and many more questions, come from my own arrival in the Greater Richmond area and the subsequent search for a house and what the schooling was for my daughter. I see a city that needs to retain it’s population but has not got the desire to invest in it’s schools, something I see as a magnet for retention and investment in urban districts that need it so much.