Article Contributed on: 7/16/2009 2:00:51 PM
A recent article in Forbes Magazine ranks Parker (4), Castle Rock (5) and Highlands Ranch (20) among the country's top 25 Places to Move. As always, education is part of the picture! The growth in student enrollment in an area and the education levels attained by residents are all factors that lead to people moving into an area.
Historically, Douglas County School District has been among the fastest growing school districts in the country. Even though enrollment growth is slowing, DCSD is still expected to enroll 1,200 to 1,500 new students each year. Quality neighborhood schools, options and opportunities draw families to the County's communities.
The magazine selected "America's best places to move" from extensive criteria which included the number of residents who relocated because of jobs, population growth figures, people in executive and professional jobs, the price, size and age of homes, proximity of multinational companies, and the observations of local builders, government officials and residents.
Global employers named in these three communities included Lockheed Martin, Echo Star and Agilent. Adults with Bachelor's degrees or higher range from 43 percent to 61 percent, with 28 to 32 percent of the communities' populations having moved into the area from out of state within the past five years. More than 59 percent of their residents were born in a different state or part of the country.
Douglas County School District Schools are consistently ranked among the top schools in the Country by various national publications, most recently Newsweek as featured in last week's Newsline.