Comparative Analysis Services (Minnesota School Districts)

Good information is the essential starting point to making good decisions. To improve our services to Minnesota school districts, Ehlers has developed a financial information model to help school officials make better data driven decisions. There is a plethora of raw data available; the challenge is to find the most useful data and then to organize and present it in a meaningful, simple, and understandable format. Below is a sample of the many charts and graphs available.

With this service our goal is to provide data that will be easy to understand and helpful to the user. We would anticipate the data to be particularly valuable when communicating the need for voter support for an upcoming referendum or when making major budget decisions. However, having good information available on a day to day basis is critical to effective management of the school district. Over 50 graphs have been developed to assist you in analyzing the operation of your district with an emphasis on property taxes and debt supplemented by numerous graphs on expenditures, facilities, and revenue.

With Comparative Analysis Services Ehlers staff can easily create graphic comparisons for your school district to selected comparison school districts, plus a comparison to state averages and the averages for the selected group. The reports will be promptly generated on a request by request basis and forwarded to you in PDF format via email.

For more information on this service, please open the links below.

Or contact the EHLERS EDUCATION TEAM at 800-552-1171 or 651-697-8500 or directly at:

Tom Berge 651.697.8570   Joel Sutter 651.697.8514   Betsy Knoche 651.697.8537
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