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• Comparison to Carrboro Subdivision Study The table below compares the results obtained in this study with those of a quick analysis of student generation rates contained in a memo from the Carrboro Director of Planning of April 14, 1994. COMP arison of Student Generation Rates for Carrboro SubdivisionS3 Subdivision Housing Units Students Student Generation Rate Carrboro Current Carrboro Current Carrboro Current Analysis Study Analysis Study Anal sis Stud Bolin Forest 137 104 40 63 0.29 0.61 Cobblestone 57 55 51 42 0.89 0.76 Fair Oaks 140 138 96 102 0.69 0.74 Highlands 97 94 94 98 0.97 1.04 Quarterpath 80 79 60 67 0.75 0.85 Trace • 1 Total 1 511 1 470 1 341 1 372 f 0.67 1 0.79 There are several differences shown in this table. The number of units per subdivision tend to be somewhat fewer in the current study, probably due to the way the subdivisions were delimited. For all but one subdivision, the number of children enrolled increased in spite of this. While this may indicate that the number of public school children per unit increased between 1994 and 1995, the inference that the student generation rate increases with the age of the unit is contradicted by the evidence presented above that existing housing units in the subdivisions have a lower student generation rate than new housing units. In the current study, the student generation rate is higher for these subdivisions than for the subdivisions as a whole, which is in turn higher than the rate for all new housing units. This may be due to the wide range in student generation rates among subdivisions or possibly because housing units in subdivisions may have higher student generation rates than other new housing units. 'Data for Laurel Springs subdivision is not included because the data was not collected for the current study. 17