School and School District Size Relationships: Costs, Results, Minorities, and Private School Enrollments.

Jewell, Robert W.

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Publication Date: 1989

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School and School District Size Relationships: Costs, Results, Minorities, and Private School Enrollments.

Jewell, Robert W.

Education and Urban Society, v21 n2 p140-53 Feb 1989

Discusses data on the following topics: (1) average school district size; (2) proportion of students in very large districts; (3) average school size; (4) minority enrollments and measurements of size; (5) enrollment sizes and college entrance exams, high school graduation rates, and educational costs; and (6) measurements of size and private school enrollments. Smaller seems to be better. (BJV)

Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends, Measurement Techniques, Minority Group Children, Policy Formation, Private Schools, Public Education, Public Schools, School District Size, School Size

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Language: English

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Note: Theme issue with the title, "Size: The Ultimate Educational Issue?"