High-poverty schools are overrepresented among closed schools across the study period¶
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Evidence · 1 study · associationalr2·q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2030: baselines and conditions change
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q2 i? In 2024-25, 42% of closed schools were high poverty (over 75% FRPL) compared with about a quarter of open schools. → Isaacs 2025
Evidence¶
Isaacs 2025¶
Isaacs, J., Kuhfeld, M., Postell, S., & Hashim, A. (2025). Post-Pandemic School Closure Trends: Schools Serving Black Students Disproportionately Closed. NWEA White Paper. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/post-pandemic-school-closure-trends-schools-serving-black-students-disproportionately-closed/
q2 · i? · associational · r2
Descriptive analysis comparing lagged FRPL eligibility of closed versus open schools in the CCD; the paper states high-poverty schools "were overrepresented in the schools that closed over the entire study period."
"Forty-two percent of schools that closed were high poverty in 2024-25, compared to a quarter of open schools in 2024-25."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Schools serving majority-Black students are overrepresented among closed schools pre- and post-pandemic — related
- Racial disparities in 2024-25 closure likelihood hold after accounting for enrollment declines and poverty — related
- At-risk students are overrepresented in One-Star schools — related
- U.S. public school closure rates dipped during the pandemic and rebounded to essentially pre-pandemic levels by 2024-25 — related
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High-poverty schools are overrepresented among closed schools across the study period |
description |
High-poverty schools are overrepresented among closed schools across the study period |
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moderate |
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2025 |
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2030 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-08 |
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1 — isaacs-2025 |
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