Big Data

New! Products to Enhance Independent Schools

Measuring Success Announces Two New Products: Financial Sustainability and Enrollment Products for Independent Schools Enhance the long-term financial viability of your school through our proprietary six-step process using Value MAX. We work with you and your staff, board and families to implement a strategy and develop a customized solution so […]

Look for Measuring Success at Booth 436 During NAIS 

Are you attending the NAIS Annual Meeting in Atlanta? If so, we would love to discuss how we use data analytics to help schools improve recruitment and retention, and use comparative benchmarking to create a path to long-term financial sustainability. We’re proud to have helped hundreds of independent schools throughout […]

Quick Tips for Maximizing Participation in Parent Surveys

At Measuring Success, we’ve been conducting parent, alumni, and student surveys since 2003. We know that independent schools use these surveys to improve program offerings, gain insights into parent perceptions, and learn what messaging turns a parent into a brand ambassador. But, a survey is only as good as the […]

The Special Sauce for Meaningfully Improving Parent Perceptions at Your School

By Daniel Chiat Vice President, Measuring Success The school year is almost to the halfway point (right? Can you believe it?). Your parents are now developing a solid, but not entirely unmalleable, belief system about your school. Through their own, and their child’s experiences, they are becoming more settled in […]

Lessons from TABS (The Association of Boarding Schools) Annual Conference

By Mark Cross CEO Measuring Success Measuring Success was proud to be an exhibitor at The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS) conference in Boston last week. We not only met great people working to improve their schools, but we also learned of the problems they face and spoke with school […]

We’ll be at TABS in Boston (Nov. 30 to Dec. 2)

Look for Measuring Success (Table 70) at the upcoming conference for The Association of Boarding Schools in Boston. We look forward to discussing how big data can help your independent school.   

Showing Clients How to Put the Metrics We Uncover to Actionable Use

I’m Danna Reuven, a senior analyst at Measuring Success. My job entails working with clients, their stakeholders, and (of course) their data. I grew up in California and went to school in the Midwest. I’ve always supported nonprofits, and in my undergraduate studies, I wanted to learn how nonprofits might […]

Net Assets: ‘Position of Strength -A Case Study in Strategic Sustainability Planning with Greenhill School’

By Dr. Harry Bloom An ambitious long-term planning effort is underway at Greenhill School in Dallas, which serves more than 1,300 students from prekindergarten through 12th grade. Is the school struggling? To the contrary, Greenhill is in a strong economic position by almost any measure. Its many advantages include small classes, a waiting […]

Mountain and Southwest: Strengthening the Lower School Enrollment Pipeline

In 2016, Measuring Success surveyed hundreds of independent schools across the United States and Canada to learn how tuition setting and enrollment outcomes differed regionally and based on underlying demographic factors — and determine what was working and what wasn’t. The results revealed dramatic differences in enrollment trends depending on […]

How Faith-Based Independent Schools Have Fared in the Post Recession Economy

Because faith-based independent schools make up a large component of the North American school landscape and are often mission driven to be accessible to a broad range of families, Measuring Success decided to study how well these schools are faring following the Great Recession of 2008-2009. The analysis drew upon […]