The Denver Post, February 12, 2023, Why does DPS have too many schools? Enrollment decline was years in the making and district saw it coming
Soaring rents and home prices exacerbated the problem in northwest Denver so not only were fewer families with children moving into the Northside but they also were getting pushed out.
The problem spread across the city and, except for San Francisco, Denver saw more widespread gentrification than any other U.S. metro area between 2013 and 2017, according to a study by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition in Washington, D.C.
DPS’s planning reports show that district officials knew high housing prices were going to curtail enrollment gains, but Eschbacher said prices surpassed their predictions.
