The State Education Office contracted with Thompson, Cobb, Bazilio & Associates, P.C. to perform the School Year 2003-2004 independent audit of the fall student enrollment count. The auditors conducted a 100 percent verification of student enrollment and residency files and reported the final enrollment counts to individual school principals and to the State Education Office.

A summary of the auditors’ findings is available in the report below.

• 2003 DCPS Fall Enrollment Audit - Summary*  

The 2003-2004 annual public school enrollment audit was the first year that DCPS school principals were entitled to request an appeal of the auditors’ findings from the Office of the Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools. If the evidence warranted a hearing, school principals had the opportunity to present their position and provide relevant information. The Office of the Superintendent then issued a report to the State Education Office listing all students for whom an appeal was granted and for whom an appeal was disapproved.  The SEO compiled the appeals results together with the independent auditor’s findings to produce the 2003 Post-Audit Enrollment figures. The SEO reports the Post-Audit Enrollment figures to the Office of the Chief Financial Officer which uses them to calculate the DCPS budget.  The 2003 Post-Audit Enrollment figures reported by the SEO are the official enrollment figures for DCPS.

The tables in the attachments below detail the auditors’ counts by school and by type of school. Attachments 1, 5, 10, 11, 13, 14, and 15 show the results of the appeals process in addition to the auditors’ count.  

• Attachment 1 — Summary of Audited Enrollment by School Type and Grade*
• Attachment 2 — By School and Grade *
• Attachment 3 — By School Type and Grade (Audited v. Reported Enrollment)*  
• Attachment 4 — By School and Grade (Audited v. Reported Enrollment)*
• Attachment 5 — Enrollment and Residency by School Type and Grade*   
• Attachment 6 — Enrollment and Residency by School and Grade*  
• Attachment 7 — Enrollment and Residency by School Type and Grade - Audited v. Reported Enrollment*  
• Attachment 8 — Enrollment and Residency by School and Grade - Audited v. Reported Enrollment*
• Attachment 9 — Summary of Residency Verification by School*   
• Attachment 10 — Summary of Students with IEPs, including Students for whom Residency Was not Verified*
• Attachment 11 — Summary of LEP/NEP Students by School, including Students for whom Residency Was not Verified*    
• Attachment 12 — Summary of Students with Individual Education Plans, including Students for whom Residency Was not Verified – Aligned to Proposed Funding Formula Legislation*
• Attachment 13 — Summary of Students with IEPs for whom Enrollment and Residency Were Verified*   
• Attachment 14 — Summary of LEP/NEP Students for whom Enrollment and Residency Were Verified*     
• Attachment 15 — Summary of Tuition Grant Enrollment by School*

* This document is presented in Portable Document Format (PDF) and a PDF reader is required for viewing.
Download a PDF reader or learn more about PDFs.