ERIC Number: EJ1384576
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Sep
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-0972
EISSN: EISSN-1573-1960
Schools' Neighborhoods and Characteristics: Implications for Standardized Academic Achievement in Passaic, NJ's Elementary, Middle and High Schools
Opara, Ijeoma; Thorpe, Daneele; Lardier, David T.; Parisi, Deanna
Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, v55 n3 p393-414 Sep 2023
Schools in urban neighborhoods receive less funding, have less programming, and have poorer infrastructure. Such disparities may impede academic outcomes among youth. This study used publicly available data to examine the association between school characteristics and surrounding neighborhood environment on educational outcomes across three academic years among 132 schools in Passaic County, New Jersey. Further, we assessed how schools' socioeconomic status could buffer the effects of a school's neighborhood disadvantage on academic outcomes. Results supported compound deprivation theory highlighting that lower-performing schools were located in lower-resourced neighborhoods. Further, school characteristics and neighborhood resource deprivation were associated with lower math, English, and science academic performance. Additionally, we found that associations between neighborhood resources and math and science academic outcomes were strongest in schools with greater economic support. We provide implications for research and practice by identifying multi-faceted approaches to challenge educational disparities addressing school and neighborhood-level disadvantages to improve educational outcomes for youth.
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Institutional Characteristics, Neighborhoods, Environmental Influences, Socioeconomic Status, Economically Disadvantaged, Resources, Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement, English Instruction, Academic Achievement, Correlation, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Jersey
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