MSBO has published the seventh Facilities Benchmarking Survey Results. This report should be very valuable in helping assess facilities operations costs in relation to other districts around the state.
The complete report is available.
The data is displayed by district student population and by geographic region. It displays the median number, along with further breakouts into the lowest, middle and highest third of the data collected. There are 22 different measurements provided.
In addition to the report, a “self calculating worksheet” is provided. This worksheet is designed to allow a district to transfer raw data from the original survey form into the worksheet, which will then provide the individual district calculations for each reported category. This allows districts that participated in the survey to quickly determine where they fall in the comparisons.
Another valuable feature included in the report is the “year-to-year” comparison charts that show the changes in the median data for each category over the course of the last six survey years.
Please note that the survey asked a new question this year regarding districts privatizing their custodial operations. According to our survey, 10.7% of the respondents have privatized all, or most of, their custodial operations.
For the first time, this past year MSBO developed a Transportation Benchmarking Survey. The plan is to alternate every other year between the transportation and facilities surveys. Reports such as these are only valuable with significant school district participation. Please continue to support these benchmarking efforts by taking the time to fill out the survey forms each year.
This is a very comprehensive tool provided by MSBO at no cost to our members. For more information, contact Scott Little, 517.327.2582.