US Public School Segregation Analysis of Charter School Effects

US public school data examines the impact of charter schools on racial segregation. The analysis uses between-grade differences in charter expansion and an instrumental variables approach, finding charters have driven a 6% increase in sorting of Black and Hispanic students. It covers varied geographies, including metropolitan areas where charters reduce demographic differences between districts.

Use Cases

• Analyze racial sorting and isolation measures to quantify segregation impacts for Black, Hispanic, Asian, and White students.
• Model the effect of charter school openings using instrumental variables and between-grade differences in expansion.
• Compare segregation outcomes across varied geographies, including metropolitan areas with many jurisdictional fragments.

Strengths

• Analysis is grounded in a census of US public schools, providing a complete population frame.
• Findings include specific quantified effects, such as a 6% increase in sorting for Black and Hispanic students.
• The methodology employs multiple analytical approaches, including between-grade differences and instrumental variables.

Limitations

• The specific dataset columns, row count, and file formats are unknown, limiting technical assessment.
• Data freshness is unclear as the last platform update is a future date (2026-02-23), suggesting potential metadata error.

Provenance

Source

ICPSR Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Analysis uses a census of US public schools, with impacts identified via between-grade differences in charter expansion and an instrumental variables approach.

Geography

Public school systems in the United States, with analysis across varied geographies including metropolitan areas.