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Building On The Best: Responding To Enrollment Trends At Religiously-Affiliated Camps

Building On The Best: Responding To Enrollment Trends At Religiously-Affiliated Camps. Deb Bialeschki, Ph.D. ACA Senior Researcher. Where did we get these data?. Asked Directors to supply actual enrollment information in Sept-Oct ’06

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Building On The Best: Responding To Enrollment Trends At Religiously-Affiliated Camps

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  1. Building On The Best: Responding To Enrollment Trends At Religiously-Affiliated Camps Deb Bialeschki, Ph.D. ACA Senior Researcher

  2. Where did we get these data? • Asked Directors to supply actual enrollment information in Sept-Oct ’06 • 624 camp directors completed the Fall ‘06 survey (136 RAC) • Analyzed by total group as well as for differences based on camp type, affiliation, and geographic area

  3. Profiles of Camps in Survey • Camp Affiliation • 29% agency and governmental camps • 29% independent not for profit • 20% independent for profit • 22% religiously-affiliated • Type of camp: • 76% resident camps • 24% day camps

  4. Camper clientele: 72% co-ed 16% girls only 5% boys only 8% combo Geographic areas: 29% from Mid-America 26% from Mid-Atlantic 17% South 16% West 12% New England Camp Profiles- con’t

  5. Most Popular Session Lengths

  6. Total Camper Weeks

  7. 2006 Enrollments Compared To 2005 Enrollments

  8. 2006 Enrollment of Boys Compared To 2005 Enrollments

  9. 2006 Enrollment of Girls Compared To 2005 Enrollments

  10. 2006 Enrollment 10-12 yr oldsCompared To 2005 Enrollments

  11. 2006 Enrollments of Teens Compared To 2005 Enrollments

  12. Return Campers Compared To 2005

  13. Interest in Specialized Program

  14. Weeks of Financial Support For Campers

  15. Total Dollars of Financial Support For Campers

  16. Summer ’06 Compared To The Past Five Summers

  17. Enrollment Related to Capacity

  18. How Close to Targeted Capacity

  19. Differences by Sponsorship • Religiously affiliated camps experienced consistent decreases: • Total Enrollment • Boys • Girls • 10-12 year old campers • Teen campers • Over 56% of RAC camps said summer ’06 was the worst or among the worst in the past 5 years

  20. Sponsorship Differences- con’t • Religiously-affiliated camps had the lowest capacity rates (40% <80%) • Religiously-affiliated camps had the lowest performance on meeting targeted capacity rates (80-89%) • Popular session lengths varied by affiliation • Ex.=Religious-affiliated favored one week sessions while IFP camps like longer sessions (4+ weeks).

  21. Want to see more detail? • Go to www.acacamps.org/research • Under Camp Enrollment Trends, click on Camp Enrollment Surveys • Under Past Survey Results, click on September 2006 • View the results summary or click on gray box to add filter(s) to tailor the data (Ex. section, sponsorship, type, etc) • Questions? Contact Deb Bialeschki at dbialeschki@acacamps.org

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